# cowfish

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
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)

## Etymology
From cow + fish.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/cowfish