Plectospondyli

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

  Plectospondyli \Plec`to*spon"dy*li\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. ?
     plaited + ?, ?, a vertebra.] (Zool.)
     An extensive suborder of fresh-water physostomous fishes
     having the anterior vertebr[ae] united and much modified; the
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