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plectognath

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(plek′tog nath′)


WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
plec•tog•nath  (plek′tog nath′),USA pronunciation adj. 
  1. Fishbelonging to the Plectognathi, a group or order of fishes having the teeth fused into a beak and thick, often spiny, scaleless skin, and including the filefish, globefish, puffer, and triggerfish.

n. 
  1. Fisha plectognath fish.
  • Greek plektós plaited, twisted; see -o-) + -gnathus -gnathous
  • Neo-Latin Plectognathi, plural of Plectognathus, equivalent. to plecto- (
  • 1825–35;

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