
Meaning of PLECTOGNATH
Pronunciation: | | 'plektâg`nath
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WordNet Dictionary |
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| Definition: | | [n] tropical marine fishes having the teeth fused into a beak and thick skin covered with bony plates or spines |
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| Synonyms: | | plectognath fish |
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| See Also: | | acanthopterygian, blowfish, boxfish, filefish, globefish, headfish, mola, ocean sunfish, order Plectognathi, order Tetraodontiformes, Plectognathi, puffer, spiny puffer, spiny-finned fish, sunfish, triggerfish, trunkfish | |
Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| Definition: | | \Plec"tog*nath\, a. (Zo["o]l.)
Of or pertaining to the Plectognathi. -- n. One of the
Plectognathi.
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