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boxfish
box·fish B0432600 (bŏks′fĭsh′)n. pl. boxfish or box·fish·es 1. Any of various usually colorful fishes of the family Ostraciidae of warm coastal waters, having a boxlike shape with the body enclosed in bony armorlike plates. Also called trunkfish.2. Any of various similar fishes of the family Aracanidae of deep temperate waters.boxfish (ˈbɒksˌfɪʃ) n, pl -fish or -fishes (Animals) another name for trunkfishThesaurus| Noun | 1. |  boxfish - any of numerous small tropical fishes having body and head encased in bony platestrunkfishplectognath, plectognath fish - tropical marine fishes having the teeth fused into a beak and thick skin covered with bony plates or spinesfamily Ostraciidae, family Ostraciontidae, Ostraciidae - boxfishescowfish, Lactophrys quadricornis - trunkfish having hornlike spines over the eyes |
boxfish
boxfish: see trunkfishtrunkfish,
any member of a family of fishes, Ostraciidae, also called boxfishes, that have short triangular bodies covered by firmly united hexagonal bony plates. Only the jaw, the bases of the fins, and the tail protrude from this carapace, and the locomotion of these fishes is
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Related to boxfish: Box jellyfishSynonyms for boxfishnoun any of numerous small tropical fishes having body and head encased in bony platesSynonymsRelated Words- plectognath
- plectognath fish
- family Ostraciidae
- family Ostraciontidae
- Ostraciidae
- cowfish
- Lactophrys quadricornis
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