GYRACANTHUS

Meaning of GYRACANTHUS in English

|jir, |jīr + noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from gyr- + -acanthus

: a genus of acanthodian fishes of the Carboniferous known solely from large round sculptured spines

Webster's New International English Dictionary. Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012

GYRACANTHUS — (n.) A genus of fossil fishes, found in Devonian and carboniferous strata; -- so named from their round, sculptured spines.
Английский словарь Webster
GYRACANTHUS — ( n. ) A genus of fossil fishes, found in Devonian and carboniferous strata; -- so named from their round, …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
GYRACANTHUS — noun a genus of fossil fishes, found in devonian and carboniferous strata; so named from their round, sculptured spines.
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