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(jĭm′nō̍-dŏnt)

Noun.

[Gr.

γυμνόσ

naked +

ὀδούς

ὀδόντος

, tooth.]

(Zoöl.)

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

gymnodont ‎(plural gymnodonts)

(zoology) One of a group of plectognath fishes (Gymnodontes), having the teeth and jaws consolidated into one or two bony plates on each jaw.