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Boxfish

The trunkfish.

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Cowfish 76% connected

The grampus.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Plectognath 76% connected

Of or pertaining to the Plectognathi.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Synonym 1

Trunkfish 92% connected

Any one of several species of plectognath fishes, belonging to the genus Ostracion, or the family Ostraciontidae, having an angular body covered with…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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