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acanthodian
[ ak-uhn-thoh-dee-uhn ]
noun
- any small, spiny-finned, sharklike fish of the extinct order Acanthodii, from the Paleozoic Era.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of acanthodian1
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Example Sentences
It has been suggested, however, that Onchus may be one of those Acanthodian fish referred by Agassiz to his Ganoid order, which are so characteristic of the base of the Old Red Sandstone in Forfarshire, although the species of the Old Red are all different from these of the Silurian beds now under consideration.
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