Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Spiny-winged, as the cassowary. Having spiny fins; of the nature of the Acanthopteri or Acanthopterygii; acanthopterygious. Having spines: as, an acanthopterous fin.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Zoöl.) Spiny-winged.
- adjective (Zoöl.) Acanthopterygious.
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- adjective zoology Spiny-winged.
- adjective zoology
Acanthopterygious
Etymologies
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From Ancient Greek ἀκανθο- (akantho-, "spine") + πτερόν (pteron, "wing")
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