Definition of plectognath fish Plectognath fish
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| plectognath fish - tropical marine fishes having the teeth fused into a beak and thick skin covered with bony plates or spines | ||
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| acanthopterygian, spiny-finned fish a teleost fish with fins that are supported by sharp inflexible rays | ||
| order plectognathi, order tetraodontiformes, plectognathi boxfishes; filefishes; globefishes; ocean sunfishes; triggerfishes; puffers | ||
| triggerfish any of numerous compressed deep-bodied tropical fishes with sandpapery skin and erectile spines in the first dorsal fin | ||
| filefish narrow flattened warm-water fishes with leathery skin and a long file-like dorsal spine | ||
| boxfish, trunkfish any of numerous small tropical fishes having body and head encased in bony plates | ||
| globefish, blowfish, puffer, pufferfish delicacy that is highly dangerous because of a potent nerve poison in ovaries and liver | ||
| spiny puffer puffers having rigid or erectile spines | ||
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