Cowfish

Meaning

Noun

●

Any of

genera

Acanthostracion and Lactoria, of the

boxfish

family Ostraciidae.

●

In Delphinids:

The

grampus

, Grampus griseus, Risso's dolphin.

●

A common

bottlenose dolphin

of California, Tursiops truncatus gillii.

●

In Smelts & Tetraodontiforms:

marine

plectognath

fish

, Acanthostracion quadricornis and

, having two

, like

, in front.

●

A common

galaxias

(Galaxias maculatus)

Sourced from

Wiktionary

Origin

cowfish

English

cow

English

cou

Middle English (1100-1500)

fish

English

fiscian

Old English (ca. 450-1100)

Sourced from

Etym

Synonyms

Cuckold

Trunkfish

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