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boxfish

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English

Etymology

From box +‎ fish.

Noun

boxfish (plural boxfishes or boxfish)

Any of the family Ostraciidae of often colorful, squared, bony fishes.
Certain species in Ostraciidae, principally in genus Ostracion.

Synonyms

(both senses): cofferfishes

Coordinate terms

(fish of the family Ostraciidae): cowfishes, trunkfishes, turretfishes

Translations

fish of the family Ostraciidae

Finnish: losserokala
French: poisson-coffre (fr) m
German: kofferfisch m
Hawaiian: pahu
Japanese: 箱河豚 (ハコフグ, hakofugu)
Korean: 거북복 (geobukbok)
Vietnamese: cá bò hòm, cá nóc hòm

References

Ostraciidae on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Ostraciidae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Category:Ostraciidae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

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