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Trunkfish

Trunkfish Meaning & Definition
Trunkfish Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Trunkfish?

[n] any of numerous small tropical fishes having body and head encased in bony plates

Synonyms | Synonyms for Trunkfish: boxfish

Related Terms | Find terms related to Trunkfish:

See Also | cowfish | family Ostraciidae | family Ostraciontidae | Lactophrys quadricornis | Ostraciidae | plectognath | plectognath fish

Trunkfish In Webster's Dictionary

\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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