Plectognath (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

adjective
  1. belonging to the Plectognathi, a group or order of fishes having the teeth fused into a beak and thick, often spiny, scaleless skin, and including the filefish, globefish, puffer, and triggerfish.
noun
  1. a plectognath fish.
noun
  1. any spiny-finned marine fish of the mainly tropical order Plectognathi (or Tetraodontiformes), having a small mouth, strong teeth, and small gill openings: includes puffers, triggerfish, trunkfish, sunfish, etc
adjective
  1. of, relating to, or belonging to the order Plectognathi
Plectognath (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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