Trunkfish

3 definitions found

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

  Trunkfish \Trunk"fish`\, n. (Zool.)
     Any one of several species of plectognath fishes, belonging
     to the genus {Ostracion}, or the family {Ostraciontidae},
     having an angular body covered with a rigid integument
     consisting of bony scales. Some of the species are called
     also {coffer fish}, and {boxfish}.


     [1913 Webster]

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

  Cowfish \Cow"fish`\ (kou"f[i^]sh`), n. (Zool.)
     (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}.
         [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  trunkfish
       n : any of numerous small tropical fishes having body and head
           encased in bony plates [syn: {boxfish}]
       [also: {trunkfishes} (pl)]