Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for PLEC'TO-GNATHES, or PLEC'TO-GNA-THI
PLE-BEI'AN-ISMPLEC-TO-GNATH-IC
PLEC'TO-GNATHES, or PLEC'TO-GNA-THI, n. [Gr. πλεκω, to connect, and γναθος, a jaw.]
An order of fishes having the maxillary bones stiffly adhering to the sides of the intermaxillaries, which alone form the jaws.
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