PLECTOGNATHI - Definiția din dicționar
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‖Plec*to"gna*thi (?), n. pl. [NL., from Gr. &unr_; twisted (fr. &unr_; to plait, twist) + &unr_; jaw.] (Zo&ö;l.) An order of fishes generally having the maxillary bone united with the premaxillary, and the articular united with the dentary.
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&hand_; The upper jaw is immovably joined to the skull; the ventral fins are rudimentary or wanting; and the body is covered with bony plates, spines, or small rough ossicles, like shagreen. The order includes the diodons, filefishes, globefishes, and trunkfishes.
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