box·fish (b ks f sh )n. pl. boxfish or box·fish·es See trunkfish. |
boxfish [ˈbɒksˌfɪʃ]
n pl -fish, -fishes
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) another name for trunkfish
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| Noun | 1. |  boxfish - any of numerous small tropical fishes having body and head encased in bony platesplectognath, plectognath fish - tropical marine fishes having the teeth fused into a beak and thick skin covered with bony plates or spines cowfish, Lactophrys quadricornis - trunkfish having hornlike spines over the eyes |
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