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4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Cowfish \Cow"fish`\ (-f?ch`), n. (Zo["o]l.) 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}. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Cuckold \Cuck"old\ (k?k"?ld), n. [OE. kukeweld cokewold, cokold fr OF coucoul cucuault the last syllable being modified by the OE suffix -wold (see {Herald}); cf F. cocu a cuckold, formerly also a cuckoo, and L. cuculus a cuckoo. The word alludes to the habit of the female cuckoo, who lays her eggs in the nests of other birds, to be hatched by them.] 1. A man whose wife is unfaithful; the husband of an adulteress. --Shak. 2. (Zo["o]l.) a A West Indian plectognath fish ({Ostracion triqueter}). b The cowfish. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Cuckold \Cuck"old\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Cuckolded}; p. pr & vb n. {Cuckolding}.] To make a cuckold of as a husband, by seducing his wife, or by her becoming an adulteress. --Shak. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: cuckold n : a man whose wife committed adultery v : be sexually unfaithful to one's partner in marriage; "She cheats on her husband"; "Might her husband be wandering?" [syn: {cheat on}, {cheat}, {betray}, {wander}]
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