Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Of or pertaining to the Acanthopterygii; having the characters of the Acanthopterygii.
- noun One of the Acanthopterygii; a fish with spiny fins.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Zoöl.) Belonging to the order of fishes having spinose fins, as the perch.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a teleost fish with fins that are supported by sharp inflexible rays
Etymologies
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Examples
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The acanthopterygian family (_Labyrinthici_) contains nine freshwater genera, and these are distributed between the East Indies and South and
On the Genesis of Species St. George Mivart
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If you speak of an acanthopterygian, it is plain that you are not discussing perch in reference to its roasting or boiling merits; and if you make an allusion to monomyarian malacology, it will not naturally be supposed to have reference to the cooking of oyster sauce.
The Book-Hunter A New Edition, with a Memoir of the Author John Hill Burton
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Ay, there must be something strangely entrancing in dragging the shoal waters with a hand-line, for unsuspicious, easily duped members of the acanthopterygian tribe of fishes, -- under which alarming denomination come, I believe, nearly all the finny fellows to be met with on these sand-banks, from the bluefish to the burgall.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 07, No. 40, February, 1861 Various
leaden commented on the word acanthopterygian
Spiny, fish of the
acanthopterygian
variety are.
February 26, 2013
bilby commented on the word acanthopterygian
Nice work leaden :-)
February 27, 2013
Harry_Fabian commented on the word acanthopterygian
whoa..that's a mouthful.
February 28, 2013