"cowfish" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: cowfishes [plural], cowfish [plural]
Etymology: cow + fish Etymology templates: {{compound|en|cow|fish}} cow + fish Head templates: {{en-noun|+|cowfish}} cowfish (plural cowfishes or cowfish)
  1. Any of genera Acanthostracion and Lactoria, of the boxfish family Ostraciidae.
    Sense id: en-cowfish-en-noun-R4tCHVo5 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 12 32 9 28 20 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 13 29 6 30 21
  2. A grampus (Grampus griseus), Risso's dolphin. Categories (lifeform): Delphinids
    Sense id: en-cowfish-en-noun--SbPmrp7 Disambiguation of Delphinids: 18 31 12 24 16 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 12 32 9 28 20 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 13 29 6 30 21
  3. A common bottlenose dolphin of California, Tursiops truncatus gillii. Translations (common bottlenose dolphin): terehu (Maori)
    Sense id: en-cowfish-en-noun-acsE8D7z Disambiguation of 'common bottlenose dolphin': 0 16 78 1 3
  4. A marine plectognath fish, Acanthostracion quadricornis and allied species, having two projections, like horns, in front. Categories (lifeform): Smelts, Tetraodontiforms Synonyms (Acanthostracion quadricornis): cuckold, coffer fish, scrawled cowfish, trunkfish, Ostracion quadricornis, Ostracion tricornis
    Sense id: en-cowfish-en-noun-pGSRRzf6 Disambiguation of Smelts: 12 19 5 52 12 Disambiguation of Tetraodontiforms: 14 20 5 48 13 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 12 32 9 28 20 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 13 29 6 30 21 Disambiguation of 'Acanthostracion quadricornis': 34 0 0 66 0
  5. A common galaxias (Galaxias maculatus)
    Sense id: en-cowfish-en-noun-deFfjxLs Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 12 32 9 28 20 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 13 29 6 30 21
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: striped cowfish, scrawled cowfish (taxonomic: Acanthostracion quadricornis)

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for cowfish meaning in English (4.8kB)

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