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trunkfish
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trunkfish, n.
Any one of several species of plectognath fishes, belonging to the genus Ostracion , or the family Ostraciontidæ , having an angular body covered with a rigid integument consisting of bony scales. Some of the species are called also coffer fish , and boxfish . [1913 Webster]
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