Dictionary entry

Cowfish

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Cow″fish′ (–fĭsh′), n.(Zoöl.) (a) The grampus. (b) A California dolphin (Tursiops Gillii). (c) A marine plectognath fish (Ostracoin quadricorne, and allied species), having two projections, like horns, in front; — called also cuckold, coffer fish, trunkfish.