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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Trunkfish \Trunk"fish`\, n. (Zo["o]l.) Any one of several species of plectognath fishes, belonging to the genus {Ostracion}, or the family {Ostraciontid[ae]}, having an angular body covered with a rigid integument consisting of bony scales. Some of the species are called also {coffer fish}, and {boxfish}. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Boxfish \Box"fish`\, n. (Zo["o]l.) The trunkfish. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: boxfish n : any of numerous small tropical fishes having body and head encased in bony plates [syn: {trunkfish}]
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