'Plectognathi' definitions:
Definition of 'Plectognathi'
(from WordNet)
noun
Boxfishes; filefishes; globefishes; ocean sunfishes; triggerfishes; puffers [syn: Plectognathi, order Plectognathi, order Tetraodontiformes]
Definition of 'Plectognathi'
From: GCIDE
- Plectognathi \Plec*to"gna*thi\, n. pl. [NL., from Gr. ? twisted (fr. ? to plait, twist) + ? jaw.] (Zool.) An order of fishes generally having the maxillary bone united with the premaxillary, and the articular united with the dentary. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster] Plectognathic