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Definition of plectognath - 3 dictionary results

plec⋅tog⋅nath

  [plek-tog-nath]
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–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
2. a plectognath fish.
Origin:
1825–35; < NL Plectognathi, pl. of Plectognathus, equiv. to plecto- (< Gk plektós plaited, twisted; see -o- ) + -gnathus -gnathous

Related forms:
plec⋅tog⋅nath⋅ic, plec⋅tog⋅na⋅thous  [plek-tog-nuh-thuhs] , adjective
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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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Plectognath

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