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Meaning of PLECTOGNATH

Pronunciation:  'plektâg`nath

WordNet Dictionary
 
 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
 
 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
 
 Definition: 
\Plec"tog*nath\, a. (Zo["o]l.)
Of or pertaining to the Plectognathi. -- n. One of the
Plectognathi.
 

 

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