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boxfish

boxfish noun: any member of the family Ostraciidae of often colorful, squared, bony fishes.

boxfish: any member of the family Ostraciidae of often colorful, squared, bony fishes
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Noun

boxfish (plural boxfishes or boxfish)

  1. Any member of the family Ostraciidae of often colorful, squared, bony fishes.
    Synonyms:
    cofferfishes
  2. Certain species in Ostraciidae, principally in genus Ostracion.

boxfish meaning in Tamil and Vietnamese

boxfish in Tamil

நமது பூமியில் காணப்படும், மீன் இனங்களில் ஒன்றாகும்

boxfish in Vietnamese

fish of the family Ostraciidae
cá bò hòm, cá nóc hòm

Synonyms of boxfish

Forms of boxfish

pluralboxfishes
pluralboxfish

Origin of boxfish

From box + fish.

Questions about boxfish

What does boxfish mean?
Boxfish means any member of the family Ostraciidae of often colorful, squared, bony fishes.
What is boxfish in Tamil?
Boxfish in Tamil is நமது பூமியில் காணப்படும், மீன் இனங்களில் ஒன்றாகும். See Boxfish meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is boxfish?
Boxfish is a noun.
What is the plural of boxfish?
The plural of boxfish is boxfishes.

Words near boxfish in the dictionary

  1. boxes someone's ears
  2. boxes the compass
  3. boxes the Jesuit
  4. boxes up
  5. boxesful
  6. boxfish
  7. boxfishes
  8. Boxford
  9. boxful
  10. boxfuls
  11. Boxgrove

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Adapted from Wiktionary: boxfish (page history and authors); boxfish (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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