Found 2 items, similar to boxfish.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: boxfish boxfish n : any of numerous small tropical fishes having body and head encased in bony plates [syn: trunkfish] [also: boxfishes (pl)]
English → English (gcide) Definition: boxfish Trunkfish \Trunk"fish`\, n. (Zo["o]l.) Any one of several species of plectognath fishes, belonging to the genus Ostracion, or the family Ostraciontid[ae], 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]