plectognath fish 1

noundomain: animal

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English

Definition

tropical marine fishes having the teeth fused into a beak and thick skin covered with bony plates or spines

Synonyms

plectognath 1
tropical marine fishes having the teeth fused into a beak and thick skin covered with bony plates or spines

Hyponym

triggerfish 1

noun

any of numerous compressed deep-bodied tropical fishes with sandpapery skin and erectile spines in the first dorsal fin

filefish 1

noun

narrow flattened warm-water fishes with leathery skin and a long file-like dorsal spine

boxfish 1

noun

any of numerous small tropical fishes having body and head encased in bony plates

puffer 2

noun

any of numerous marine fishes whose elongated spiny body can inflate itself with water or air to form a globe; several species contain a potent nerve poison; closely related to spiny puffers

spiny puffer 1

noun

puffers having rigid or erectile spines

Member_holonym

Plectognathi 1

noun

boxfishes; filefishes; globefishes; ocean sunfishes; triggerfishes; puffers