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Plectognathi

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Plec`to´gna`thi
n. pl.1.(Zool.) An order of fishes generally having the maxillary bone united with the premaxillary, and the articular united with the dentary.
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Noun1.Plectognathi - boxfishes; filefishes; globefishes; ocean sunfishes; triggerfishes; puffers
order Plectognathi, order Tetraodontiformes
animal order - the order of animals
Acanthopterygii, superorder Acanthopterygii - teleost fishes having fins with sharp bony rays
plectognath, plectognath fish - tropical marine fishes having the teeth fused into a beak and thick skin covered with bony plates or spines
Balistidae, family Balistidae - triggerfishes
family Monocanthidae, Monocanthidae - filefishes
family Ostraciidae, family Ostraciontidae, Ostraciidae - boxfishes
family Tetraodontidae, Tetraodontidae - puffers
Diodontidae, family Diodontidae - spiny puffers
family Molidae, Molidae - ocean sunfishes
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