Trunkfish

n.

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(Zool.) Any one of several species of plectognath fishes, belonging to the genus Ostracion, or the family Ostraciontidæ, having an angular body covered with a rigid integument consisting of bony scales. Some of the species are called also coffer fish, and boxfish.

Noun

1.

trunkfish - any of numerous small tropical fishes having body and head encased in bony plates Synonyms: boxfish

boxfish, cowfish, family Ostraciidae, family Ostraciontidae, Lactophrys quadricornis, Ostraciidae, plectognath, plectognath fish