cowfish

Meaning

1. Any of genera Acanthostracion and Lactoria, of the boxfish family Ostraciidae.
2. A grampus (Grampus griseus), Risso's dolphin.
3. A common bottlenose dolphin of California, Tursiops truncatus gillii.
4. A marine plectognath fish, Acanthostracion quadricornis and allied species, having two projections, like horns, in front.
5. A common galaxias (Galaxias maculatus)

Synonyms

Lactophrys quadricornis

manta

eagle ray

boxfish

roundbelly cowfish

Australian bull ray

bull-ray

cownose rays

cow-nosed ray

cownose ray

many-spined cow fish

mill ray

cow

🐮

whip ray

Etymology

From cow + fish.