Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A fish of the family Notacanthidæ.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) A fish having spines in, or in front of, the dorsal fins.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun zoology A
fish withspines in, or in front of, thedorsal fins .
Etymologies
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spine + back
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