HyperDic: boxfish

English > 1 sense of the word boxfish:
NOUNanimalboxfish, trunkfishany of numerous small tropical fishes having body and head encased in bony plates
English > boxfish: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
MeaningAny of numerous small tropical fishes having body and head encased in bony plates.
Synonymtrunkfish
Member ofOstraciidae, family Ostraciidae, family Ostraciontidaeboxfishes
Narrowercowfish, Lactophrys quadricornistrunkfish having hornlike spines over the eyes
Broaderplectognath, plectognath fishTropical marine fishes having the teeth fused into a beak and thick skin covered with bony plates or spines

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