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Definition of coffer fish

coffer fish
Trunkfish Trunk"fish`, n. (Zo["o]l.) Any one of several species of plectognath fishes, belonging to the genus Ostracion, or the family Ostraciontid[ae], having an angular body covered with a rigid integument consisting of bony scales. Some of the species are called also coffer fish, and boxfish.
coffer fish
Cowfish Cow"fish` (-f?ch`), n. (Zo["o]l.) (a) The grampus. (b) A California dolphin (Tursiops Gillii). (c) A marine plectognath fish (Ostracoin quadricorne, and allied species), having two projections, like horns, in front; -- called also cuckold, coffer fish, trunkfish.

Meaning of coffer fish from wikipedia

- family of squared, bony fish belonging to the order Tetraodontiformes, closely related to the pufferfishes and filefishes. Fish in the family are known...
- 27 feet (8.2 m). The dock works were carried out under the shield of a coffer dam outside the new lock, with extensive use of piling under the lock and...
- named for trades—Via dei Balestrari (crossbow-makers), Via dei Baullari (coffer-makers), Via dei Cappellari (hat-makers), Via dei Chiavari (key-makers)...
- demon when he was corrupted by Dread Magic. His intendsion was to find the Coffer of the Spellbounds so he could unleash Dread Magic and corrupt the world...
- enjoyment, education, and inspiration of this and ****ure generations. A coffer dam was constructed near the Glacial River Bridge that spans Jökulsárlón...
- worse than the previous year. Nyami Nyami had struck again, destroying the coffer dam, the access bridge and parts of the main wall. The project survived...
- scenes, etc., in outline. In the British Museum may be seen a tiny little coffer, 4 in. by 21/2 in., with very delicate figures carved in low relief. This...
- temporary embankments and coffer-dams used to restrain the river waters were regularly swept away by floods and rains. Due to the coffer dam failures, the British...
- later Denny Corbin found a pair of eyegl****es while digging to enforce a coffer dam in the woods behind the lodge. The eyegl****es had gold rims, blue gl****...
- tons in July 1972 but had increased their demands by spring of 1973 and coffered[clarification needed] 117,000 tons (the British demanded 145,000 tons in...