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Ostracion
(gcide) | Ostracion \Os*tra"ci*on\, 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).
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Ostracion triqueter
(gcide) | Cuckold \Cuck"old\ (k?k"?ld), n. [OE. kukeweld, cokewold,
cokold, fr. OF. coucoul, cucuault, the last syllable being
modified by the OE. suffix -wold (see Herald); cf. F. cocu
a cuckold, formerly also, a cuckoo, and L. cuculus a cuckoo.
The word alludes to the habit of the female cuckoo, who lays
her eggs in the nests of other birds, to be hatched by them.]
1. A man whose wife is unfaithful; the husband of an
adulteress. --Shak.
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2. (Zool.)
(a) A West Indian plectognath fish ({Ostracion
triqueter}).
(b) The cowfish.
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Ostraciont
(gcide) | Ostraciont \Os*tra"ci*ont\, n. (Zool.)
A fish of the genus Ostracion and allied genera.
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family ostraciontidae
(wn) | family Ostraciontidae
n 1: boxfishes [syn: Ostraciidae, family Ostraciidae,
family Ostraciontidae] |
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