plectognath

[plek-tog-nath]

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adjective

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

a plectognath fish.

plectognath

/ ˈ��ɛ��ɒɡˌ��æθ /

noun

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

of, relating to, or belonging to the order Plectognathi

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Other Word Forms

plectognathic adjective
plectognathous adjective

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Word History and Origins

Origin of plectognath¹

1825–35; < New Latin Plectognathi, plural of Plectognathus, equivalent to plecto- (< Greek ��ó�� plaited, twisted; -o- ) + -gnathus -gnathous

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Word History and Origins

Origin of plectognath¹

C19: via New Latin from Greek plektos twisted + gnathos jaw

plecopteran plectron

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