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acanthodean

acanthodean is the alternative form of acanthodian.

Meaning of acanthodian

Noun

acanthodian (plural acanthodians)

  1. A member of a group of extinct fish (Acanthodii) that existed from the Silurian to the Permian period.
    • The emerging picture of acanthodian (and perhaps placoderm) paraphyly does not overturn a general consensus about gnathostome interrelationships.2009 January 15, Martin D. Brazeau, “The braincase and jaws of a Devonian 'acanthodian' and modern gnathostome origins”, Nature Volume 457 No. 7227, doi:10.1038/nature07436

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Forms of acanthodean

pluralacanthodeans

Questions about acanthodean

What is acanthodean the alternative form of?
Acanthodean is the alternative form of acanthodian.

Words near acanthodean in the dictionary

  1. acanthocytes
  2. acanthocytic
  3. acanthocytoses
  4. acanthocytosis
  5. acanthocytotic
  6. acanthodean
  7. acanthodeans
  8. acanthodian
  9. acanthodians
  10. acanthodid
  11. acanthodids

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