BOXFISH (boxfishes)

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: boxfishes   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does boxfish mean? 

• BOXFISH (noun)
  The noun BOXFISH has 1 sense:

1. any of numerous small tropical fishes having body and head encased in bony plates

  Familiarity information: BOXFISH used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BOXFISH (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any of numerous small tropical fishes having body and head encased in bony plates

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

boxfish; trunkfish

Hypernyms ("boxfish" is a kind of...):

plectognath; plectognath fish (tropical marine fishes having the teeth fused into a beak and thick skin covered with bony plates or spines)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "boxfish"):

cowfish; Lactophrys quadricornis (trunkfish having hornlike spines over the eyes)

Holonyms ("boxfish" is a member of...):

family Ostraciidae; family Ostraciontidae; Ostraciidae (boxfishes)