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Webster 1913 Edition


Cowfish

Cow′fishˊ

(kou′fĭshˊ)
,
Noun.
(Zool.)
(a)
The grampus.
(b)
A California dolphin (
Tursiops Gillii
).
(c)
A marine plectognath fish (
Ostracoin quadricorne
, and allied species), having two projections, like horns, in front; – called also
cuckold
,
coffer fish
,
trunkfish
.