boxfish

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English[edit]

a yellow boxfish (Ostracion cubicus)

Etymology[edit]

box +‎ fish

Noun[edit]

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[edit]

(both senses): cofferfishes

Coordinate terms[edit]

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

Translations[edit]

fish of the family Ostraciidae

Finnish: losserokala
French: poisson-coffre (fr) m
Japanese: 箱河豚 (ハコフグ, hakofugu)

References[edit]

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

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