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Acanthodii vs Acanthodian - What's the difference?

acanthodii | acanthodian |

Acanthodii is often a misspelling of acanthodian.


Acanthodii has no English definition.

As a noun acanthodian is

a member of a group of extinct fish (Acanthodii) that existed from the Silurian to the Permian period.

As an adjective acanthodian is

pertaining to Acanthodii.

acanthodii

Not English

Acanthodii has no English definition. It may be misspelled.

English words similar to 'acanthodii':

acanthodian, asyndeton, acanthion, assentation, acemetacin, acanthodean

acanthodian

English

(Acanthodii)

Alternative forms

* acanthodean

Noun

(en noun)
  • (zoology) A member of a group of extinct fish (Acanthodii) that existed from the Silurian to the Permian period.Brown, Lesley, ed. The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary. 5th. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2003.
  • * 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:?
    • The emerging picture of acanthodian (and perhaps placoderm) paraphyly does not overturn a general consensus about gnathostome interrelationships.

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Pertaining to Acanthodii.

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