‖prop. n. [ NL., fr. Gr. 'ostra`kion small shell. ] (Zool.) A genus of plectognath fishes of the family Ostraciontidae having the body covered with solid, immovable, bony plates. It includes the trunkfishes (also called boxfish). [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]
[はこふぐ;ハコフグ, hakofugu ; hakofugu](n) (1) (uk) bluespotted boxfish (Ostracion immaculatus); (2) boxfish (any fish of family Ostraciidae); trunkfish[Add to Longdo]