Thesaurus: trunkfish

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1. n. Any one of several species of plectognath fishes, belonging to the genus Ostracion, or the family Ostraciontidae, having an angular body covered with a rigid integument consisting of bony scales. Some of the species are called also coffer fish, and boxfish.
2. n. any of numerous small tropical fishes having body and head encased in bony plates
3. Any one of several species of plectognath fishes, belonging to the genus Ostracion, or the family Ostraciontidæ, having an angular body covered with a rigid integument consisting of bony scales. Some of the species are called also coffer fish, and boxfish.
4. Any one of several species of plectognath fishes, belonging tothe genus Ostracion, or the family Ostraciontidæ, having an angularbody covered with a rigid integument consisting of bony scales. Someof the species are called also coffer fish, and boxfish.
5. n any of numerous small tropical fishes having body and head encased in bony plates