boxfish
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Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]boxfish (plural boxfishes or boxfish)
- Any of the family Ostraciidae of often colorful, squared, bony fishes.
- Certain species in Ostraciidae, principally in genus Ostracion.
Synonyms
[edit]- (both senses): cofferfishes
Coordinate terms
[edit]- (fish of the family Ostraciidae): cowfishes, trunkfishes, turretfishes
Translations
[edit]fish of the family Ostraciidae
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References
[edit]Ostraciidae on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Ostraciidae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Category:Ostraciidae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons