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Meaning of ANACANTHINI

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 Definition: [n]  at least partially equivalent to the order Gadiformes in some classifications
 
 Synonyms: order Anacanthini
 
 See Also: animal order, Malacopterygii, superorder Malacopterygii

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\An`a*can"thi*ni\, Anacanths \An"a*canths\, n. pl.
[NL., fr. Gr. 'an priv. + ? thorny, fr. ? thorn.] (Zo["o]l.)
A group of teleostean fishes destitute of spiny fin-rays, as
the cod.
 



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