gymnodont
English
Etymology
gymno- + -odont
Noun
gymnodont (plural gymnodonts)
- (zoology) One of a group of plectognath fishes (Gymnodontes), having the teeth and jaws consolidated into one or two bony plates on each jaw.
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for gymnodont in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)