Definition of trunkfish Trunkfish
trunk•fish
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What does trunkfish mean?
WordNet
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| trunkfish - any of numerous small tropical fishes having body and head encased in bony plates | ||
| boxfish | ||
| plectognath, plectognath fish tropical marine fishes having the teeth fused into a beak and thick skin covered with bony plates or spines | ||
| family ostraciidae, family ostraciontidae, ostraciidae boxfishes | ||
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Wiktionary 
- trunkfish (Noun)
boxfish.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- trunkfish (n.)
Any one of several species of plectognath fishes, belonging to the genus Ostracion, or the family Ostraciontidae, having an angular body covered with a rigid integument consisting of bony scales. Some of the species are called also coffer fish, and boxfish.
