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boxfish

American  
[boks-fish] / ˈbɒksˌfɪʃ /

noun

plural

boxfishes,

plural

boxfish

  1. trunkfish.

boxfish British  
/ ˈbɒksˌfɪʃ /

noun

  1. another name for trunkfish

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Etymology

Origin of boxfish

First recorded in 1830–40; box 1 + fish

Example Sentences

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Nature has no shortage of patterns, from spots on leopards to stripes on zebras and hexagons on boxfish.

From Science Daily • Nov. 8, 2023

A sleeping boxfish draped like a noodle over a coral branch.

From Washington Post • Mar. 21, 2019

Buehler also misstated that the boxfish has a turn radius of nearly 180 degrees.

From Slate • Mar. 13, 2015

But how, then, does the boxfish manage to swim at all?

From Slate • Mar. 11, 2015

The latter method didn't involve submitting actual, living boxfish to a panicked swim in the aquatic equivalent of a wind tunnel.

From Slate • Mar. 11, 2015

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