Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Plectognathi"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Plectognathi \Plec*to"gna*thi\, n. pl. [NL., from Gr. ? twisted
(fr. ? to plait, twist) + ? jaw.] (Zo["o]l.)
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.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

Plectognathi
n : boxfishes; filefishes; globefishes; ocean sunfishes;
triggerfishes; puffers [syn: {Plectognathi}, {order
Plectognathi}, {order Tetraodontiformes}]

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