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Definition of cowfish

cowfish
Grampus Gram"pus, n.; pl. Grampuses. [Probably corrupted from It. gran pesce great fish, or Sp. gran pez, or Pg. gran peixe, all fr. L. grandis piscis. See Grand, and Fish. the animal.] 1. (Zo["o]l.) A toothed delphinoid cetacean, of the genus Grampus, esp. G. griseus of Europe and America, which is valued for its oil. It grows to be fifteen to twenty feet long; its color is gray with white streaks. Called also cowfish. The California grampus is G. Stearnsii. 2. A kind of tongs used in a bloomery. [U.S.]
Cowfish
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 cowfish from wikipedia

- The longhorn cowfish (Lactoria cornuta), also called the horned boxfish, is a species of boxfish from the family Ostraciidae, recognizable by its long...
- The young often exhibit brighter colors than the adults. The scrawled cowfish, Acanthostracion quadricornis, can grow up to 50 centimetres (20 in) in...
- honeycomb cowfish (Acanthostracion polygonius) belongs to family Ostraciidae. It is also known simply as the trunkfish or cowfish. The honeycomb cowfish has...
- The scrawled cowfish (Acanthostracion quadricornis) is a species of boxfish native to the western tropical and equatorial Atlantic, as well as the Gulf...
- Aracana aurita, striped cowfish, Shaw's cowfish, striped boxfish, painted boxfish, southern cowfish or Shaw's boxfish is a species of boxfish native to...
- The thornback cowfish (Lactoria fornasini), is a poisonous species of boxfish found throughout the tropical Indo-Pacific from East Africa to the B****...
- Aracana ornata, also known as the ornate cowfish, is a species of deepwater boxfish native to southern Australia. First described by John Edward Gray...
- The island cowfish (Acanthostracion notacanthus) is a species of ray-finned fish within the family Ostraciidae. The species occurs in the eastern Atlantic...
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- Tetrosomus gibbosus, commonly called camel cowfish because of the hump on its dorsal keel, is one of 22 species in the boxfish family, Ostraciidae. It...