HyperDic: order_tetraodontiformes

English > 1 sense of the expression order Tetraodontiformes:
NOUNanimalorder Tetraodontiformes, Plectognathi, order Plectognathiboxfishes
English > order Tetraodontiformes: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaningboxfishes; filefishes; globefishes; ocean sunfishes; triggerfishes; puffers.
SynonymsPlectognathi, order Plectognathi
Member ofAcanthopterygii, superorder Acanthopterygiiteleost fishes having fins with sharp bony rays
MembersBalistidae, family Balistidaetriggerfishes
Diodontidae, family Diodontidaespiny puffers
Molidae, family Molidaeocean sunfishes
Monocanthidae, family Monocanthidaefilefishes
Ostraciidae, family Ostraciidae, family Ostraciontidaeboxfishes
Tetraodontidae, family Tetraodontidaepuffers
plectognath, plectognath fishTropical marine fishes having the teeth fused into a beak and thick skin covered with bony plates or spines
Broaderanimal orderThe order of animals
Spanishorden plectognato, orden tetraodontiformes, plectognatos, tetraodontiformes
Catalantetraodontiformes

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