Nematognathi

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

  Nematognathi \Nem`a*tog"na*thi\, n. pl. [NL. See {nemato-}, and
     {Gnathic}.] (Zool.)
     An order of fishes having barbels on the jaws. It includes
     the catfishes, or siluroids. See {Siluroid}.
     [1913 Webster]