gymnodont Meaning, Definition & Usage

Gym"no*dont noun

Etymology

Gr. gymno`s naked + , , tooth.

Definitions

1. (Zool.) One of a group of plectognath fishes (Gymnodontes), having the teeth and jaws consolidated into one or two bony plates, on each jaw, as the diodonts and tetradonts. See Bur fish, Globefish, Diodon.