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BOXFISH (boxfishes)

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does boxfish mean? 

BOXFISH (noun)
  The noun BOXFISH has 1 sense:

1. any of numerous small tropical fishes having body and head encased in bony platesplay

  Familiarity information: BOXFISH used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


BOXFISH (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Any of numerous small tropical fishes having body and head encased in bony plates

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

boxfish; trunkfish

Hypernyms ("boxfish" is a kind of...):

plectognath; plectognath fish (tropical marine fishes having the teeth fused into a beak and thick skin covered with bony plates or spines)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "boxfish"):

cowfish; Lactophrys quadricornis (trunkfish having hornlike spines over the eyes)

Holonyms ("boxfish" is a member of...):

family Ostraciidae; family Ostraciontidae; Ostraciidae (boxfishes)


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