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Boxfish
see synonyms of boxfishNoun
1. boxfish, trunkfish
any of numerous small tropical fishes having body and head encased in bony plates
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Boxfish
see synonyms of boxfishnoun plural -fish or -fishes
another name for trunkfish
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Boxfish
see synonyms of boxfishn. pl. boxfish or box·fish·es
1. Any of various usually colorful fishes of the family Ostraciidae of warm coastal waters, having a boxlike shape with the body enclosed in bony armorlike plates. Also called trunkfish.
2. Any of various similar fishes of the family Aracanidae of deep temperate waters.
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