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ลองค้นหาคำในรูปแบบอื่น ๆ เพื่อให้ได้ผลลัพธ์มากขึ้นหรือน้อยลง: -plectognath-, *plectognath*
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plectognath(n) tropical marine fishes having the teeth fused into a beak and thick skin covered with bony plates or spines, Syn. plectognath fish
Plectognathi(n) boxfishes; filefishes; globefishes; ocean sunfishes; triggerfishes; puffers, Syn. order Plectognathi, order Tetraodontiformes

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English (GCIDE) v.0.53
Plectognath

a. (Zool.) Of or pertaining to the Plectognathi. -- n. One of the Plectognathi. [ 1913 Webster ]

Plectognathi

‖n. pl. [ NL., from Gr. &unr_; twisted (fr. &unr_; to plait, twist) + &unr_; jaw. ] (Zool.) An order of fishes generally having the maxillary bone united with the premaxillary, and the articular united with the dentary. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ 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 ]

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