Definition of Boxfish in English :

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Boxfish meaning in English

Meaning of Boxfish in English

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Boxfish

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Noun

1. boxfish, trunkfish

any of numerous small tropical fishes having body and head encased in bony plates

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Boxfish

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noun plural -fish or -fishes
another name for trunkfish

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Boxfish

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n. 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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