boxfish
boxfish · boxfishes · boxfish
Kofferfisch
Any member of the family Ostraciidae of often colorful, squared, bony fishesAny member of the family Ostraciidae of often colorful, squared, bony fishes.
Meaning
2 sensesAny member of the family Ostraciidae of often colorful, squared, bony fishes.
Kofferfisch
Certain species in Ostraciidae, principally in genus Ostracion.
More definitions
- any of numerous small tropical fishes having body and head encased in bony plates
Translations
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By meaning 1
fish of the family Ostraciidae:
Origin
From box + fish.From box + fish.
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Forms
plural: boxfishes / boxfishSynonyms
2 synonymsboth senses:cofferfishes
Close in meaning
- any of numerous small tropical fishes having body and head encased in bony plates:trunkfish
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Plural nouns — Because its plural is irregular
See also
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