See Also: Plectognathi(medicine)

luter (iou) and Plectognathi (medicine)


luter (iou)



luter noun. Now rare. ME.
[from LUTE verb1 + -ER1.]
A lutenist.

Plectognathi (medicine)


plectognathi
<zoology> An order of fishes generally having the maxillary bone united with the premaxillary, and the articular united with the dentary.

The upper jaw is immovably joined to the skull; the ventral fins are rudimentary or wanting; and the body is covered with bony plates, spines, or small rough ossicles, like shagreen. The order includes the diodons, filefishes, globefishes, and trunkfishes.

Origin: NL, from Gr. Twisted (fr. To plait, twist) + jaw.

Source: Websters Dictionary