About The Word Trunkfish
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Trunkfish
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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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