Meaning

5 senses
  1. Any of genera Acanthostracion and Lactoria, of the boxfish family Ostraciidae.

  2. A grampus (Grampus griseus), Risso's dolphin.

  3. A common bottlenose dolphin of California, Tursiops truncatus gillii.

    Kuhfisch

  4. A marine plectognath fish, Acanthostracion quadricornis and allied species, having two projections, like horns, in front.

  5. A common galaxias (Galaxias maculatus)

More definitions
  • trunkfish having hornlike spines over the eyes

Translations

2 languages
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By meaning 1
common bottlenose dolphin:

Origin

From cow + fish.

From cow + fish.

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Forms

plural: cowfishes / cowfish
Singularcowfish
Pluralcowfishes / cowfish

regular

Synonyms

7 synonyms
Acanthostracion quadricornis:cuckoldtrunkfishcoffer fishscrawled cowfishOstracion quadricornisOstracion tricornis
Close in meaning
  • trunkfish having hornlike spines over the eyes:Lactophrys quadricornis

Word family

1 related words

See also

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