cowfish

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English

a cowfish (Grampus griseus)
A cowfish (Acanthostracion quadricornis )
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Etymology

From cow +‎ fish.

Noun

cowfish (plural cowfishes or cowfish)

  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.
  4. A marine plectognath fish, Acanthostracion quadricornis and allied species, having two projections, like horns, in front.
  5. A common galaxias (Galaxias maculatus)

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