trunkfish

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

trunkfish
    n 1: any of numerous small tropical fishes having body and head
         encased in bony plates [syn: {boxfish}, {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]

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