Acanthodes

noun
Ac·​an·​tho·​des | \ -ˈthō(ˌ)dēz\

Definition of Acanthodes

: a genus of small slender possibly degenerate fishes having generalized toothless jaws and a single small dorsal fin and found in the Carboniferous and Permian formations

First Known Use of Acanthodes

1834, in the meaning defined above

History and Etymology for Acanthodes

New Latin, from Greek akanthōdēs thorny, spiny, from akanth- acanth- + -ōdēs -ode

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