plectospondyl, a. and n. Ichthyol.
(plɛktəʊˈspɒndɪl)
[f. mod.L. Plectospondyli, f. Gr. πλεκτός (see plectognath a. and n.) + σπόνδυλ-ος vertebra.]
a. adj. Belonging to or having the characters of the Plectospondyli, teleostean fishes having some of the vertebræ co-ossified. b. n. A fish of this order. So plectoˈspondylous a.