tetraodontiform

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noun

Any fish of the order Tetraodontiformes.

Scrabble 21

Meanings

nountetraodontiform (plural tetraodontiforms)

plural tetraodontiforms

  1. biologyAny fish of the order Tetraodontiformes.

    Dermal plates, which are composed exclusively of bone, are known for representatives of taxa like syngnathiforms, tetraodontiforms and gasterosteiforms.

    2014, Hermann Ehrlich, Biological Materials of Marine Origin: Vertebrates, page 230
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