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Trunkfish vs Cowfish - What's the difference?

trunkfish | cowfish | Synonyms |

Cowfish is a synonym of trunkfish.



As nouns the difference between trunkfish and cowfish

is that trunkfish is boxfish while cowfish is any of various types of boxfish, family Ostraciidae.

trunkfish

English

Noun

(en-noun)
  • boxfish

    • cowfish

    English

    (wikipedia cowfish) (Ostraciidae) (wikipedia, Risso's dolphin) (Common bottlenose dolphin) (Scrawled cowfish)

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • Any of various types of boxfish, family Ostraciidae.
  • The grampus, , (vern, Risso's dolphin).
  • A (common bottlenose dolphin) of California, .
  • A marine plectognath fish, and allied species, having two projections, like horns, in front.

    • Synonyms

    * (Webster 1913)