Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Leather-mouthed; having a soft mouth—that is, toothless jaws: said of fishes.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective (Zoöl.) Having soft jaws without teeth, as certain fishes.

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  • adjective zoology Having soft jaws without teeth.

Etymologies

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Ancient Greek

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