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
6 June 2025
(noun) wit having a sharp and caustic quality; “he commented with typical pungency”; “the bite of satire”
According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.
