Acanthodes

See also: acanthodes

Translingual

Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin, from Ancient Greek ἀκανθώδης (akanthṓdēs, “spiny, thorny”), from ἄκανθα (ákantha) + -ώδης (-ṓdēs, “resembling”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • English: (US) IPA(key): /ˌæ.kənˈθoʊ.di.ə/

Proper noun

†Acanthodes f

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Acanthodidae – an extinct spiny shark from the Permian.

References

  1. ^ Philip Babcock Gove (editor), Webster's Third International Dictionary of the English Language, Unabridged (G. & C. Merriam Co., 1976 [1909], →ISBN)
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