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]