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Synonyms of cowfish

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Another word for cowfish is cuckold. Other synonyms of cowfish are coffer fish, scrawled cowfish, trunkfish, Ostracion quadricornis and Ostracion tricornis.

Synonyms and similar words for cowfish

nounA marine plectognath fish, Acanthostracion quadricornis and allied species, having two projections...

  • cuckoldThe scrawled cowfish, Acanthostracion quadricornis and allied species.
  • coffer fish
  • scrawled cowfish
  • trunkfishSpecies of genera Lactophrys and Rhinesomus (in boxfish family Ostraciidae).
  • Ostracion quadricornis
  • Ostracion tricornis

Meaning of cowfish

  1. noun Any of genera Acanthostracion and Lactoria, of the boxfish family Ostraciidae.
  2. noun A grampus (Grampus griseus), Risso's dolphin.
  3. noun A common bottlenose dolphin of California, Tursiops truncatus gillii.

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Questions about synonyms of cowfish

What is another word for cowfish?
Cowfish has 6 synonyms on Word.ws, such as cuckold, coffer fish, scrawled cowfish, trunkfish, Ostracion quadricornis and Ostracion tricornis.
What does cowfish mean?
Cowfish means any of genera Acanthostracion and Lactoria, of the boxfish family Ostraciidae.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: cowfish (page history and authors) and the entries of the words listed. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws grouped the synonyms and antonyms by meaning and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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