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[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Risso%27s_dolphin.jpg/220px-Risso%27s_dolphin.jpg)
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/Acanthostracion_quadricornis.jpg/220px-Acanthostracion_quadricornis.jpg)
Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]cowfish (plural cowfishes or cowfish)
- Any of genera Acanthostracion and Lactoria, of the boxfish family Ostraciidae.
- A grampus (Grampus griseus), Risso's dolphin.
- A common bottlenose dolphin of California, Tursiops truncatus gillii.
- A marine plectognath fish, Acanthostracion quadricornis and allied species, having two projections, like horns, in front.
- A common galaxias (Galaxias maculatus)
Synonyms
[edit]- (Acanthostracion quadricornis): cuckold, coffer fish, scrawled cowfish, trunkfish, Ostracion quadricornis, Ostracion tricornis
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]common bottlenose dolphin
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References
[edit]- “cowfish”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.