Meaning of TRUNKFISH
| Pronunciation: | | 'trungk`fish
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| | Definition: | | [n] any of numerous small tropical fishes having body and head encased in bony plates |
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| | Synonyms: | | boxfish |
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| | See Also: | | cowfish, family Ostraciidae, family Ostraciontidae, Lactophrys quadricornis, Ostraciidae, plectognath, plectognath fish | |
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| | Definition: | | \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 are called
also {coffer fish}, and {boxfish}.
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