Gymnodont \Gym"no*dont\ (j[i^]m"n[-o]*d[o^]nt), n. [Gr. gymno`s
naked + 'odoy`s, 'odo`ntos, tooth.] (Zo["o]l.)
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}.
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