noun
- plural of cowfish; marine fish with bony plates and horn-like projections, found in tropical waters
Usage: marine biology
Examples
- The aquarium’s tropical exhibit featured several colorful cowfishes.
- Cowfishes are known for their distinctive box-like shape and horn-like spines.
- Marine biologists studied the feeding habits of cowfishes in coral reef environments.
- The cowfishes swam slowly through the warm Caribbean waters.
- Divers often spot cowfishes hiding among the coral formations.
- The pet store specialized in exotic species like cowfishes and other unusual marine fish.