English noun: plectognath fish | |||
1. | plectognath fish (animal) tropical marine fishes having the teeth fused into a beak and thick skin covered with bony plates or spines | ||
Synonyms | plectognath | ||
Broader (hypernym) | acanthopterygian, spiny-finned fish | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | blowfish, boxfish, filefish, globefish, headfish, mola, ocean sunfish, puffer, pufferfish, spiny puffer, sunfish, triggerfish, trunkfish | ||
Member meronym | order Plectognathi, order Tetraodontiformes, Plectognathi | ||