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单词 plectognathous
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plectognathousadj.

Brit. /plɛkˈtɒɡnəθəs/, U.S. /plɛkˈtɑɡnəθəs/
Origin: Either (i) a borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Or (ii) a borrowing from French, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin Plectognathi , -ous suffix; French Plectognathes , -ous suffix.
Etymology: < scientific Latin Plectognathi or its etymon French Plectognathes (see plectognath n. and adj.) + -ous suffix. Compare earlier plectognathian adj., plectognathic adj., and slightly earlier plectognath n.
Ichthyology. Now rare.
= plectognath adj.
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the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > order Tetraodontiformes (puffers) > [adjective]
plectognathian1835
plectognathic1841
plectognathous1858
1858 R. G. Mayne Expos. Lexicon Med. Sci. (1860) 976/1 Plectognathus, knitted, or connected cheeks; applied by Latreille and Eichwald to an Order (Plectognatha..) from a peculiar arrangement of the jaw and the palatine arch: plectognathous.
1903 Amer. Naturalist 37 501 Regan..takes up the osteology of the plectognathous fishes and the classification derived from it.
1927 Amer. Jrnl. Philol. 48 309 For meaning compare..NE. file-fish ‘Any plectognathous fish of the family Balistidae.’
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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