English > order Tetraodontiformes: 1 sense > noun 1, animalMeaning | boxfishes; filefishes; globefishes; ocean sunfishes; triggerfishes; puffers. |
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Synonyms | Plectognathi, order Plectognathi |
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Member of | Acanthopterygii, superorder Acanthopterygii | teleost fishes having fins with sharp bony rays |
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Members | Balistidae, family Balistidae | triggerfishes |
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Diodontidae, family Diodontidae | spiny puffers |
Molidae, family Molidae | ocean sunfishes |
Monocanthidae, family Monocanthidae | filefishes |
Ostraciidae, family Ostraciidae, family Ostraciontidae | boxfishes |
Tetraodontidae, family Tetraodontidae | puffers |
plectognath, plectognath fish | Tropical marine fishes having the teeth fused into a beak and thick skin covered with bony plates or spines |
Broader | animal order | The order of animals |
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Spanish | orden plectognato, orden tetraodontiformes, plectognatos, tetraodontiformes |
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Catalan | tetraodontiformes |
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