boxfish

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noun

Any member of the family Ostraciidae of often colorful, squared, bony fishes.

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cofferfishestrunkfish
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Meanings

nounboxfish (plural boxfishes or boxfish)

plural boxfishes

  1. Any member of the family Ostraciidae of often colorful, squared, bony fishes.

    Synonyms: cofferfishes

  2. Certain species in Ostraciidae, principally in genus Ostracion.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounAny member of the family Ostraciidae of often colorful, squared, bony fishes.

Similar
cofferfishes

More synonyms by meaning

nounany of numerous small tropical fishes having body and head encased in bony plates

Similar
trunkfish
Broader
plectognathplectognath fish
Also see
trunkfish

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From box + fish.

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Translations

Finnish losserokala
  • losserokalafish of the family Ostraciidae
French poisson-coffre
  • poisson-coffrefish of the family Ostraciidae
German Kofferfisch
  • Kofferfischfish of the family Ostraciidae
Hawaiian pahu
  • pahufish of the family Ostraciidae
Japanese 箱河豚
  • 箱河豚 (hakofugu)fish of the family Ostraciidae
Korean 거북복
  • 거북복 (geobukbok)fish of the family Ostraciidae
Polish koster
  • kosterfish of the family Ostraciidae
Turkish sandık balığı
  • sandık balığıfish of the family Ostraciidae
Vietnamese cá bò hòm, cá nóc hòm
  • cá bò hòmfish of the family Ostraciidae
  • cá nóc hòmfish of the family Ostraciidae
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APA

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MLA

“boxfish.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/boxfish. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “boxfish,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/boxfish.

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