cowfish, Lactophrys quadricornis
(noun) trunkfish having hornlike spines over the eyes
Source: WordNet® 3.1
cowfish (plural cowfishes or cowfish)
Any of genera Acanthostracion and Lactoria, of the boxfish family Ostraciidae.
The grampus, Grampus griseus, Risso's dolphin.
A common bottlenose dolphin of California, Tursiops truncatus gillii.
A marine plectognath fish, Acanthostracion quadricornis and allied species, having two projections, like horns, in front.
A common galaxias (Galaxias maculatus)
• (Acanthostracion quadricornis): cuckold, coffer fish, scrawled cowfish, trunkfish, Ostracion quadricornis, Ostracion tricornis
Source: Wiktionary
Cow"fish` (-fch`), n. (Zoöl.) (a) The grampus. (b) A California dolphin (Tursiops Gillii). (c) A marine plectognath fish (Ostracoin quadricorne, and allied species), having two projections, like horns, in front; -- called also cuckold, coffer fish, trunkfish.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
26 December 2024
(noun) personal as opposed to real property; any tangible movable property (furniture or domestic animals or a car etc)
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