triodontoid

I. \\|trīə|dän.ˌtȯid\ adjective

Etymology: New Latin Triodont-, Triodon + English -oid

: resembling or related to the genus Triodon or the family Triodontidae

II. noun (-s)

: a triodontoid fish

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triodontoid, a. (n.) Ichth.

(traɪəʊˈdɒntɔɪd)

[f. mod.L. Triodon, -ont- (f. Gr. τρι- tri- + ὀδούς tooth; so called from the divided upper jaw and undivided lower jaw, suggesting three teeth) + -oid.]

Resembling or allied to the genus Triodon of plectognath fishes. b. n. A fish of this genus or family.

in Cent. Dict.