单词 | plectognathian |
释义 | † plectognathianadj.n. Ichthyology. Obsolete. rare. A. adj. = plectognath adj. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > order Tetraodontiformes (puffers) > [adjective] plectognathian1835 plectognathic1841 plectognathous1858 1835 W. Kirby On Power of God in Creation of Animals II. xxi. 391 Plectognathian Fishes. Gill-covers concealed under a thick skin. B. n. = plectognath n. ΚΠ 1854 C. D. Badham Prose Halieutics xviii. 409 We come to the Plectognathians, i.e. fish characterized by their maxillary bone being soldered on the side of the inter-maxillary. 1859 C. Girard in Gen. Rep. Zool. IV: Fishes (Rep. Explor. & Surv. Route Railroad to Pacific X, U.S. War Dept.) iv. 338 The ‘moon-fish’ may well be considered as the type of a fourth family (Orthagoriscidae) amongst the Plectognathians. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1835 |
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