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cowfishes

cowfishes is the plural of cowfish.

Meaning of cowfish

Noun

cowfish (plural cowfishes or 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.
    Synonyms:
    cuckold, coffer fish, scrawled cowfish, trunkfish, Ostracion quadricornis, Ostracion tricornis
  5. A common galaxias (Galaxias maculatus)

Questions about cowfishes

What is cowfishes the plural of?
Cowfishes is the plural of cowfish.

Words near cowfishes in the dictionary

  1. cowfeeder
  2. cowfeeders
  3. cowfinch
  4. cowfinches
  5. cowfish
  6. cowfishes
  7. cowflap
  8. cowflaps
  9. cowflesh
  10. cowflop
  11. cowflops

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