Plectognath

2 definitions found

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

  Plectognath \Plec"tog*nath\, a. (Zool.)
     Of or pertaining to the Plectognathi. -- n. One of the
     Plectognathi.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  plectognath
       n : tropical marine fishes having the teeth fused into a beak
           and thick skin covered with bony plates or spines [syn: {plectognath
           fish}]