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COWFISH

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: cowfishes   

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Trunkfish having hornlike spines over the eyes

Synonyms:

cowfish; Lactophrys quadricornis

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("cowfish" is a kind of...):

boxfish; trunkfish (any of numerous small tropical fishes having body and head encased in bony plates)

Holonyms ("cowfish" is a member of...):

genus Lactophrys; Lactophrys (a genus of Ostraciidae)

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