plectognathi

1. 1.

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

   Synonymsorder Plectognathiorder Tetraodontiformes

   Broaderanimal order

   Part ofAcanthopterygii

Other forms of plectognathi

plural

plectognathis·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about plectognathi

What does plectognathi mean?

plectognathi means "boxfishes; filefishes; globefishes; ocean sunfishes; triggerfishes; puffers".

How many syllables are in plectognathi?

plectognathi has 4 syllables: plec-tog-na-thi. The stress falls on "tog".

What is another word for plectognathi?

Close synonyms include order Plectognathi, order Tetraodontiformes. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is plectognathi a common word?

plectognathi is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.