[plek-tog-nath] 
| 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. |
| 2. | a plectognath fish. |
| plec·tog·nath (plěk'tŏg-nāth') n. Any of various tropical marine fishes of the order Tetraodontiformes or Plectognathi, which includes the triggerfishes, puffers, and trunkfishes. [From New Latin Plectognathī, order name : Greek plektos, twisted; see plek- in Indo-European roots + Greek gnathos, jaw; see -gnathous.] plec'tog·nath' adj. |
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