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Plectognathi   Listen
noun
Plectognathi  n. pl.  (Zool.) 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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Words linked to "Plectognathi" :   order Tetraodontiformes, family Diodontidae, Ostraciidae, Balistidae, superorder Acanthopterygii, family Tetraodontidae, family Molidae, order Plectognathi, plectognath fish, animal order, plectognath, family Ostraciidae, family Ostraciontidae, Acanthopterygii, family Monocanthidae, Diodontidae, family Balistidae, Monocanthidae, Tetraodontidae, Molidae


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