"cowfish" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: cowfishes [plural], cowfish [plural]
Etymology: From 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. Categories (lifeform): Delphinids
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  2. A grampus (Grampus griseus), Risso's dolphin. Categories (lifeform): Delphinids
    Sense id: en-cowfish-en-noun--SbPmrp7 Disambiguation of Delphinids: 22 25 8 26 18 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 12 32 9 27 20 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 19 25 7 30 19 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 16 29 8 26 20 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 18 27 7 27 20
  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 17 78 1 3
  4. A marine plectognath fish, Acanthostracion quadricornis and allied species, having two projections, like horns, in front. Categories (lifeform): Delphinids, Smelts, Tetraodontiforms Synonyms (Acanthostracion quadricornis): cuckold, coffer fish, scrawled cowfish, trunkfish, Ostracion quadricornis, Ostracion tricornis
    Sense id: en-cowfish-en-noun-pGSRRzf6 Disambiguation of Delphinids: 22 25 8 26 18 Disambiguation of Smelts: 18 17 4 46 15 Disambiguation of Tetraodontiforms: 19 18 4 43 16 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Maori translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 12 32 9 27 20 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 19 25 7 30 19 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 16 29 8 26 20 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 18 27 7 27 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 21 22 7 30 20 Disambiguation of 'Acanthostracion quadricornis': 34 0 0 66 0
  5. A common galaxias (Galaxias maculatus) Categories (lifeform): Delphinids
    Sense id: en-cowfish-en-noun-deFfjxLs Disambiguation of Delphinids: 22 25 8 26 18 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 12 32 9 27 20 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 19 25 7 30 19 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 16 29 8 26 20 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 18 27 7 27 20
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: striped cowfish, scrawled cowfish (taxonomic: Acanthostracion quadricornis)

Inflected forms

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