cowfish
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
cowfish (plural cowfishes or cowfish)
- Any of genera Acanthostracion and Lactoria, of the boxfish family Ostraciidae.
- A grampus (Grampus griseus), Risso's dolphin.
- A common bottlenose dolphin of California, Tursiops truncatus gillii.
- A marine plectognath fish, Acanthostracion quadricornis and allied species, having two projections, like horns, in front.
- A common galaxias (Galaxias maculatus)
Synonyms[edit]
- (Acanthostracion quadricornis): cuckold, coffer fish, scrawled cowfish, trunkfish, Ostracion quadricornis, Ostracion tricornis
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
common bottlenose dolphin
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References[edit]
- “cowfish”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.