cowfish

  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)

Etymology

From cow + fish.

Lactophrys quadricornis

roundbelly cowfish

Australian bull ray

bull-ray

cow-nosed ray

many-spined cow fish

mill ray

whip ray

Lactoria sp.

Acanthostracion quadricornis

Lactoria diaphana

Myliobatis australis

Rhinoptera bonasus

Lactophrys quadricornis

kostera

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