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Terms vs Acanthodian - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between terms and acanthodian

is that terms is while acanthodian is (zoology) a member of a group of extinct fish (acanthodii) that existed from the silurian to the permian periodbrown, lesley, ed the shorter oxford english dictionary 5th oxford: oxford university press, 2003.

As an adjective acanthodian is

pertaining to acanthodii.

terms

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    acanthodian

    English

    (Acanthodii)

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    * 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

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  • Pertaining to Acanthodii.

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