'Plectospondyli' definitions:

Definition of 'Plectospondyli'

From: GCIDE

Plectospondyli \Plec`to*spon"dy*li\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. ? plaited + ?, ?, a vertebra.] (Zool.) An extensive suborder of fresh-water physostomous fishes having the anterior vertebr[ae] united and much modified; the Eventognathi. [1913 Webster]