ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Boxfish

Definition & Meaning

Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Boxfish is a noun meaning Any of the family Ostraciidae of often colorful, squared, bony fishes.

Meaning

Any of the family Ostraciidae of often colorful, squared, bony fishes.

More Meanings

  1. Certain species in Ostraciidae, principally in genus Ostracion.

Word Forms

Synonyms for boxfish

Depending on context, synonyms include cofferfishes, trunkfish.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include trunkfish, cowfish, batfish, moonfish, bandfish, chinafish.

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