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Meaning of PTERICHTHYS

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Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Pte*rich"thys\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? wing + ? fish.]
(Paleon.)
A genus of Devonian fossil fishes with winglike appendages.
The head and most of the body were covered with large bony
plates. See {Placodermi}.

 

 

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