boxfish, trunkfish
(noun) any of numerous small tropical fishes having body and head encased in bony plates
Source: WordNet® 3.1
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
21 December 2024
(noun) a forest fire fighter who is sent to battle remote and severe forest fires (often for days at a time)
The first coffee-house in Mecca dates back to the 1510s. The beverage was in Turkey by the 1530s. It appeared in Europe circa 1515-1519 and was introduced to England by 1650. By 1675 the country had more than 3,000 coffee houses, and coffee had replaced beer as a breakfast drink.
