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Plectognathi

Plectognathi Meaning & Definition
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

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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

\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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