Gymnodont

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Gymnodont \Gym"no*dont\ (j[i^]m"n[-o]*d[o^]nt), n. [Gr. gymno`s
     naked + 'odoy`s, 'odo`ntos, tooth.] (Zo["o]l.)
     One of a group of plectognath fishes (Gymnodontes), having
     the teeth and jaws consolidated into one or two bony plates,
     on each jaw, as the diodonts and tetradonts. See {Bur fish},
     {Globefish}, {Diodon}.


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