Meaning Of The Word Trunkfish

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trunkfish in American English
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
noun: any plectognath fish of the family Ostraciontidae, of warm seas, having a boxlike body encased in bony, polygonal plates

trunkfish in British English
noun: any tropical plectognath fish of the family Ostraciidae, having the body encased in bony plates with openings for the fins, eyes, mouth, etc

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