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Any of numerous small tropical fishes having body and head encased in bony plates
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boxfish
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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Trunkfish \Trunk"fish`\, n. (Zo["o]l.) Any one of several species of plectognath fishes, belonging to the genus Ostracion , or the family Ostraciontid[ae] , having an angular body covered with a rigid integument consisting of bony scales. Some of the species ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. Any of the family Ostraciidae of squared, bony fish, closely related to the pufferfish and filefish.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. any of numerous small tropical fishes having body and head encased in bony plates [syn: trunkfish ] [also: boxfishes (pl)]