trunkfishes

Variant of trunkfish

trunkfish definition

trunk·fish (truŋk′fis̸h′)

noun pl. trunkfish -·fish′, trunkfishes -·fish′es

any of a family (Ostraciidae, order Tetraodontiformes) of tropical bony fishes having the body encased in fused, bony plates, with only the mouth, eyes, fins, and tail projecting through

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