cowfishEtymologyFrom cow + fish.nounAny of genera Acanthostracion and Lactoria, of the boxfish family Ostraciidae.A grampus (Grampus griseus), Risso's dolphin.A common bottlenose dolphin of California, Tursiops truncatus gillii.A marine plectognath fish, Acanthostracion quadricornis and allied species, having two projections, like horns, in front.A common galaxias (Galaxias maculatus)