Boxfish definition
Any of various usually colorful fishes of the family Ostraciidae of warm coastal waters, having a boxlike shape with the body enclosed in bony armorlike plates.
noun
Any of various similar fishes of the family Aracanidae of deep temperate waters.
noun
Any of the family Ostraciidae of squared, bony fish, closely related to the pufferfish and filefish.
noun
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Noun
Singular:
boxfish
Plural:
boxfishes