striped cowfish

noun

A species of boxfish, Aracana aurita.

Meanings

nounstriped cowfish (plural striped cowfish)
  1. A species of boxfish, Aracana aurita.

    I had eyes only for the striped cowfish as it slowly moved.

    2001, Richard Flanagan, Gould's Book of Fish, Vintage, published 2016, page 311
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