boxfish : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: boxfish	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for boxfish
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
boxfish n any of numerous small tropical fishes having body and head encased in bony plates Synonym(s): boxfish, trunkfish
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Trunkfish \Trunk"fish`\, n. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of several species of plectognath fishes, belonging to the genus {Ostracion}, or the family {Ostraciontid[91]}, having an angular body covered with a rigid integument consisting of bony scales. Some of the species are called also {coffer fish}, and {boxfish}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Boxfish \Box"fish`\, n. (Zo[94]l.) The trunkfish.