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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
. Definition 2024
cowfish
cowfish
English
A cowfish (Grampus griseus)
A cowfish (Acanthostracion quadricornis)
Noun
cowfish (plural cowfishes or cowfish)
- Any of various types of boxfish, family Ostraciidae.
- The grampus, Grampus griseus, Risso's dolphin.
- A common bottlenose dolphin of California, Tursiops truncatus gillii.
- A marine plectognath fish, Acanthostracion quadricornis and allied species, having two projections, like horns, in front.
Synonyms
- (Acanthostracion quadricornis): cuckold, coffer fish, trunkfish, Ostracion quadricornis, Ostracion tricornis