| NOUN | animal | trunkfish, boxfish | any of numerous small tropical fishes having body and head encased in bony plates |
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| Meaning | Any of numerous small tropical fishes having body and head encased in bony plates. | |
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| Synonym | boxfish | |
| Member of | Ostraciidae, family Ostraciidae, family Ostraciontidae | boxfishes |
| Narrower | cowfish, Lactophrys quadricornis | trunkfish having hornlike spines over the eyes |
| Broader | plectognath, plectognath fish | Tropical marine fishes having the teeth fused into a beak and thick skin covered with bony plates or spines |
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