Plectognathi Definition & Meaning

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Plectognathi

Plectognathi Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Plectognathi? [n] boxfishes; filefishes; globefishes; ocean sunfishes; triggerfishes; puffers Synonyms \| Synonyms for Plectognathi: order Plectognathi \| order Tetraodontiformes Related Terms \| Find terms related to Plectognathi: See Also \| Acanthopterygii \| animal order \| Balistidae \| Diodontidae \| family Balistidae \| family Diodontidae \| family Molidae \| family Monocanthidae \| family Ostraciidae \| family Ostraciontidae \| family Tetraodontidae \| Molidae \| Monocanthidae \| Ostraciidae \| plectognath \| plectognath fish \| superorder Acanthopterygii \| Tetraodontidae Plectognathi In Webster's Dictionary \Plecto"gnathi\, n. pl. [NL., from Gr. ? twisted (fr. ? to plait, twist) + ? jaw.] (Zo["o]l.) An order of fishes generally having the maxillary bone united with the premaxillary, and the articular united with the dentary. Note: The upper jaw is immovably joined to the skull; the ventral fins are rudimentary or wanting; and the body is covered with bony plates, spines, or small rough ossicles, like shagreen. The order includes the diodons, filefishes, globefishes, and trunkfishes.

Plectognathi Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Plectognathi?

[n] boxfishes; filefishes; globefishes; ocean sunfishes; triggerfishes; puffers

Synonyms | Synonyms for Plectognathi: order Plectognathi | order Tetraodontiformes

Related Terms | Find terms related to Plectognathi:

Plectognathi In Webster's Dictionary

\Plec*to"gna*thi\, n. pl. [NL., from Gr. ? twisted
(fr. ? to plait, twist) + ? jaw.] (Zo["o]l.)
An order of fishes generally having the maxillary bone united
with the premaxillary, and the articular united with the
dentary.

Note: The upper jaw is immovably joined to the skull; the
      ventral fins are rudimentary or wanting; and the body
      is covered with bony plates, spines, or small rough
      ossicles, like shagreen. The order includes the
      diodons, filefishes, globefishes, and trunkfishes.

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