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Ostracion triqueter

Cuckold \Cuck"old\ (k?k"?ld), n. [OE. kukeweld, cokewold, cokold, fr. OF. coucoul, cucuault, the last syllable being modified by the OE. suffix -wold (see Herald); cf. F. cocu a cuckold, formerly also, a cuckoo, and L. cuculus a cuckoo. The word alludes to the habit of the female cuckoo, who lays her eggs in the nests of other birds, to be hatched by them.]

  1. A man whose wife is unfaithful; the husband of an adulteress.
    --Shak.

  2. (Zo["o]l.)

    1. A West Indian plectognath fish ( Ostracion triqueter).

    2. The cowfish.