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ALL meanings of cowfish

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  • noun cowfish any trunkfish, such as Lactophrys quadricornis, having hornlike spines over the eyes 3
  • noun cowfish (loosely) any of various large aquatic animals, such as a sea cow 3
  • noun cowfish a marine dolphin (Tursiops gilli) of the Pacific Ocean 3
  • noun cowfish any of the smaller marine whales, as the grampus 3
  • noun cowfish any of several trunkfishes with hornlike processes on the head 3
  • noun cowfish a dugong or manatee 3
  • noun cowfish A boxfish with spines that resemble horns on the head, and typically with other spines on the back and sides. 1
  • noun plural cowfish any of several marine fishes having hornlike projections over the eyes, especially a trunkfish, Lactophrys guadricornus, found in the warm waters of the Atlantic Ocean. 1
  • noun plural cowfish a sirenian, as the manatee. 1
  • noun plural cowfish any of various small cetaceans, as a porpoise or dolphin or the grampus, Grampus griseus. 1
  • noun cowfish Any of various types of boxfish, family Ostraciidae. 0
  • noun cowfish The grampus, Grampus griseus, Risso's dolphin. 0
  • noun cowfish A common bottlenose dolphin of California, Tursiops truncatus gillii. 0
  • noun cowfish A marine plectognath fish, Acanthostracion quadricornis and allied species, having two projections, like horns, in front. 0
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