cowfish

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noun

Any of genera Acanthostracion and Lactoria, of the boxfish family Ostraciidae.

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cuckoldcoffer fishscrawled cowfishtrunkfishOstracion quadricornisOstracion tricornisLactophrys quadricornis
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Meanings

nouncowfish (plural cowfishes or cowfish)

plural cowfishes

  1. Any of genera Acanthostracion and Lactoria, of the boxfish family Ostraciidae.
  2. A grampus (Grampus griseus), Risso's dolphin.
  3. A common bottlenose dolphin of California, Tursiops truncatus gillii.
  4. A marine plectognath fish, Acanthostracion quadricornis and allied species, having two projections, like horns, in front.

    Synonyms: cuckold, coffer fish, scrawled cowfish, trunkfish, Ostracion quadricornis, Ostracion tricornis

  5. A common galaxias (Galaxias maculatus)

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA marine plectognath fish, Acanthostracion quadricornis and allied species, having two projections, like horns, in front.

Similar
cuckoldcoffer fishscrawled cowfishtrunkfishOstracion quadricornisOstracion tricornis

More synonyms by meaning

nountrunkfish having hornlike spines over the eyes

Similar
Lactophrys quadricornis
Broader
boxfishtrunkfish
Also see
jollytail

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From cow + fish.

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Translations

German Kuhfisch
  • Kuhfischcommon bottlenose dolphin
Māori terehu
  • terehucommon bottlenose dolphin
Polish butlonos zwyczajny
  • butlonos zwyczajnycommon bottlenose dolphin
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