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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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