[truhngk-fish] 
) -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. |
| trunk·fish (trŭngk'fĭsh') n. pl. trunkfish or trunk·fish·es Any of various colorful tropical marine fishes of the family Ostraciidae, having a body enclosed in bony armorlike plates with only the mouth, eyes, fins, and vent exposed. Also called boxfish. |