Plectognathi, order Plectognathi, order Tetraodontiformes
(noun) boxfishes; filefishes; globefishes; ocean sunfishes; triggerfishes; puffers
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Plec*to"gna*thi, n. pl. Etym: [NL., from Gr. (Zoöl.)
Definition: An order of fishes generally having the maxillary bone united with the premaxillary, and the articular united with the dentary.
Note: 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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
23 February 2025
(noun) an advantageous purchase; “she got a bargain at the auction”; “the stock was a real buy at that price”
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
