Meaning Of The Word Plectognath
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Plectognath Meaning
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What's The Definition Of Plectognath?
plectognath in British English
any of an order (Tetraodontiformes) of bony fishes of warm seas, having a small mouth with powerful jaws and bony or spiny scales, as triggerfishes and trunkfishes of the plectognaths 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 adjective: of, relating to, or belonging to the order Plectognathi noun: a plectognath fish 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 |
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