tursiops gillii

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tursiops gillii - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Cowfish \Cow"fish`\ (kou"f[i^]sh`), n. (Zool.)
     (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.
         [1913 Webster]