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noun
Any of genera Acanthostracion and Lactoria, of the boxfish family Ostraciidae.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
A grampus (Grampus griseus), Risso's dolphin.
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noun
A common bottlenose dolphin of California, Tursiops truncatus gillii.
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noun
A marine plectognath fish, Acanthostracion quadricornis and allied species, having two projections, like horns, in front.
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noun
A common galaxias (Galaxias maculatus)
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noun
trunkfish having hornlike spines over the eyes
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: Lactophrys quadricornis
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Broader terms: boxfish, trunkfish
History
From cow + fish.
Across languages
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