Useful english dictionary. 2012.
family Ostraciidae — noun boxfishes • Syn: ↑Ostraciidae, ↑family Ostraciontidae • Hypernyms: ↑fish family • Member Holonyms: ↑Plectognathi, ↑order Plectognathi, ↑order Tetraodo … Useful english dictionary
ostraciontidae — ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˈäntəˌdē noun plural Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, from Ostraciont , Ostracion, type genus + idae : a family of marine fishes (order Plectognathi) comprising the boxfishes … Useful english dictionary
fish family — noun any of various families of fish • Hypernyms: ↑family • Hyponyms: ↑Cobitidae, ↑family Cobitidae, ↑Cyprinidae, ↑family Cyprinidae, ↑Electrophoridae, ↑family Electrophori … Useful english dictionary
Ostraciidae — noun boxfishes • Syn: ↑family Ostraciidae, ↑family Ostraciontidae • Hypernyms: ↑fish family • Member Holonyms: ↑Plectognathi, ↑order Plectognathi, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
tetraodontiform — ▪ fish order Introduction any member of the order Tetraodontiformes, a group of primarily tropical marine fishes that evolved from the Perciformes (the typical advanced spiny rayed fishes) during the Eocene Period of the Cenozoic Era, about … Universalium
order Plectognathi — noun boxfishes; filefishes; globefishes; ocean sunfishes; triggerfishes; puffers • Syn: ↑Plectognathi, ↑order Tetraodontiformes • Hypernyms: ↑animal order • Member Holonyms: ↑Acanthopterygii, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
order Tetraodontiformes — noun boxfishes; filefishes; globefishes; ocean sunfishes; triggerfishes; puffers • Syn: ↑Plectognathi, ↑order Plectognathi • Hypernyms: ↑animal order • Member Holonyms: ↑Acanthopterygii, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
Plectognathi — noun boxfishes; filefishes; globefishes; ocean sunfishes; triggerfishes; puffers • Syn: ↑order Plectognathi, ↑order Tetraodontiformes • Hypernyms: ↑animal order • Member Holonyms: ↑Acanthopterygii, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
boxfish — /boks fish /, n., pl. boxfishes, (esp. collectively) boxfish. trunkfish. [1830 40; BOX1 + FISH] * * * ▪ fish also called trunkfish , or cowfish any of a small group of shallow water marine fishes of the family Ostraciontidae (or Ostraciidae) … Universalium
boxfish — noun any of numerous small tropical fishes having body and head encased in bony plates • Syn: ↑trunkfish • Hypernyms: ↑plectognath, ↑plectognath fish • Hyponyms: ↑cowfish, ↑Lactophrys quadricornis … Useful english dictionary
