The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Pharyngognathi \Phar`yn*gog"na*thi\, n. pl. [NL. See Pharynx,
and Gnathic.] (Zool.)
A division of fishes in which the lower pharyngeal bones are
united. It includes the scaroid, labroid, and embioticoid
fishes.
[1913 Webster]