3 definitions
for trunkfish
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
Trunkfish \Trunk"fish`\, n. (Zool.)
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.
[1913 Webster]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
Cowfish \Cow"fish`\ (kou"f[i^]sh`), n. (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.
[1913 Webster]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 :
trunkfish
n : any of numerous small tropical fishes having body and head
encased in bony plates [syn: boxfish]
[also: trunkfishes (pl)]