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]: Boxfish \Box"fish`\, n. (Zool.) The trunkfish. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: boxfish n : any of numerous small tropical fishes having body and head encased in bony plates [syn: {trunkfish}] [also: {boxfishes} (pl)]
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