Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Same as
Acanthopterygii .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun plural (Zoöl.) A group of teleostean fishes having spiny fins. See
acanthopterygii .
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- noun zoology A group of
teleostean fishes having spiny fins. SeeAcanthopterygii .
Etymologies
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Via New Latin, from Ancient Greek ἄκανθα (akantha, "thorn") + πτερύγιον (pterugion, "wing, fin").
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