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LACTOPHRYS QUADRICORNIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Lactophrys quadricornis mean? 

LACTOPHRYS QUADRICORNIS (noun)
  The noun LACTOPHRYS QUADRICORNIS has 1 sense:

1. trunkfish having hornlike spines over the eyesplay

  Familiarity information: LACTOPHRYS QUADRICORNIS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


LACTOPHRYS QUADRICORNIS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Trunkfish having hornlike spines over the eyes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

cowfish; Lactophrys quadricornis

Hypernyms ("Lactophrys quadricornis" is a kind of...):

boxfish; trunkfish (any of numerous small tropical fishes having body and head encased in bony plates)

Holonyms ("Lactophrys quadricornis" is a member of...):

genus Lactophrys; Lactophrys (a genus of Ostraciidae)


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