Cowfish
Definition & Meaning
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Cowfish is a noun meaning Any of genera Acanthostracion and Lactoria, of the boxfish family Ostraciidae.
Meaning
Any of genera Acanthostracion and Lactoria, of the boxfish family Ostraciidae.
More Meanings
- A grampus (Grampus griseus), Risso's dolphin.
- A common bottlenose dolphin of California, Tursiops truncatus gillii.
- A marine plectognath fish, Acanthostracion quadricornis and allied species, having two projections, like horns, in front.
- A common galaxias (Galaxias maculatus)
Word Forms
- cowfishes
Synonyms for cowfish
Depending on context, synonyms include cuckold, trunkfish.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include boxfish, crestfish, frogfish, chinafish, ostraciid, moonfish.
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