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box⋅fish

  [boks-fish]
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–noun, plural -fish⋅es, (especially collectively) -fish.
trunkfish.
Origin:
1830–40; box 1 + fish

trunk⋅fish

  [truhngk-fish]
–noun, plural (especially collectively) -fish, (especially referring to two or more kinds or species) -fish⋅es.
any plectognath fish of the family Ostraciontidae, of warm seas, having a boxlike body encased in bony, polygonal plates.
Also called boxfish.

Origin:
1795–1805; trunk + fish
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box·fish   (bŏks'fĭsh')   
n.   pl. boxfish or box·fish·es
See trunkfish.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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