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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A genus of extinct fishes of the family Petalodontidæ, having a body shaped like a ray, with shagreen skin and the dentition consisting of pavement teeth arranged in longitudinal rows, each tooth overlapping the next in front. It is from the Carboniferous rocks in various parts of the world.
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