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Thesaurus: gymnodont

One of a group of plectognath fishes (Gymnodontes), having the teeth and jaws consolidated into one or two bony plates, on each jaw, as the diodonts and tetradonts. See Bur fish, Globefish, Diodon.

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  1. n. One of a group of plectognath fishes (Gymnodontes), having the teeth and jaws consolidated into one or two bony plates, on each jaw, as the diodonts and tetradonts. See Bur fish, Globefish, Diodon.
  2. One of a group of plectognath fishes (Gymnodontes), having the teeth and jaws consolidated into one or two bony plates, on each jaw, as the diodonts and tetradonts. See Bur fish, Globefish, Diodon.
  3. One of a group of plectognath fishes (Gymnodontes), having theteeth and jaws consolidated into one or two bony plates, on each jaw,as the diodonts and tetradonts. See Bur fish, Globefish, Diodon.