'Gymnodont' definitions:

Definition of 'Gymnodont'

From: GCIDE
  • Gymnodont \Gym"no*dont\ (j[i^]m"n[-o]*d[o^]nt), n. [Gr. gymno`s naked + 'odoy`s, 'odo`ntos, tooth.] (Zo["o]l.) One of a group of plectognath fishes (Gymnodontes), having the teeth and jaws consolidated into one or two bony plates, on each jaw, as the diodonts and tetradonts. See Bur fish, Globefish, Diodon. [1913 Webster]