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noun

Plectognathi n. pl. (Zool.) 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.

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Words linked to "Plectognathi" : superorder Acanthopterygii, Molidae, family Ostraciontidae, Monocanthidae, family Molidae, family Tetraodontidae, family Diodontidae, animal order, Ostraciidae, family Monocanthidae, order Plectognathi, Diodontidae, Tetraodontidae, family Balistidae, plectognath fish, family Ostraciidae, Balistidae, plectognath, order Tetraodontiformes, Acanthopterygii