cowfish
noun
cowfish is spelled C-O-W-F-I-S-H: 7 letters. It appears about once in every 63 million words in written English, the 249,463rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, cowfish means “Any of genera Acanthostracion and Lactoria, of the boxfish family Ostraciidae” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of cowfish is cowfishes.
How many letters and syllables are in cowfish?
| Letters | 7: C-O-W-F-I-S-H |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 63 million words; the 249,463rd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is cowfish?
Cowfish appears about once in every 63 million words in written English, the 249,463rd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Forms of cowfish
- cowfishes plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does cowfish mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Any of genera Acanthostracion and Lactoria, of the boxfish family Ostraciidae.
- 2
A grampus (Grampus griseus), Risso's dolphin.
- 3
A common bottlenose dolphin of California, Tursiops truncatus gillii.
- 4
A marine plectognath fish, Acanthostracion quadricornis and allied species, having two projections, like horns, in front.
- 5
A common galaxias (Galaxias maculatus)
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Cowfish in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense common bottlenose dolphin:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | Kuhfisch |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does cowfish come from?
From cow + fish.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).