boxfish

English

a yellow boxfish (Ostracion cubicus)

Etymology

box +‎ fish

Noun

boxfish (plural boxfishes or boxfish)

Any of the family Ostraciidae of often colorful, squared, bony fishes.
Certain species in Ostraciidae, principally in genus Ostracion.

Synonyms

(both senses): cofferfishes

Coordinate terms

(fish of the family Ostraciidae): cowfishes, trunkfishes, turretfishes

Translations

fish of the family Ostraciidae

Finnish: losserokala

References

Ostraciidae on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Ostraciidae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Ostraciidae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

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