Ostracion

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Ostracion \Os*tra"ci*on\, prop. n. [NL., fr. Gr. 'ostra`kion
     small shell.] (Zool.)
     A genus of plectognath fishes of the family {Ostraciontidae}
     having the body covered with solid, immovable, bony plates.
     It includes the trunkfishes (also called boxfish).
     [1913 Webster +PJC]