boxfish

[ boks-fish ]

noun

, plural box·fish·es, (especially collectively) box·fish.

1. trunkfish.

boxfish

/ ˈbɒksˌfɪʃ /

noun

1. another name for trunkfish

Word History and Origins

Origin of boxfish¹

First recorded in 1830–40; box ¹ + fish

Example Sentences

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

From Science Daily

It also gives them their strange shapes: other boxfish species look like purses, Frisbees or ottomans.

From New York Times

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

From Washington Post

That includes an idea based on a fly swatter, another based on combining the shapes of a boxfish and manta ray and a third developed by a pair of Ph.D. students in aerospace engineering.

From Golf Digest

The boxfish uses its mouth to blow tiny jets of water into the sandy seabed, stirring up small invertebrates.

From BBC