TRUNKFISH

boxfish, trunkfish

(noun) any of numerous small tropical fishes having body and head encased in bony plates

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

trunkfish (plural trunkfishes or trunkfish)

Species of genera Lactophrys and Rhinesomus (in boxfish family Ostraciidae).

Source: Wiktionary


Trunk"fish`, n. (Zoöl.)

Definition: Any one of several species of plectognath fishes, belonging to the genus Ostracion, or the family Ostraciontidæ, having an angular body covered with a rigid integument consisting of bony scales. Some of the species are called also coffer fish, and boxfish.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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