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Webster 1913 Edition

Acantha

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A-can′tha

,
Noun.
[Gr. [GREEK] thorn, fr. [GREEK] point. See
Acute
.]
1.
(Bot.)
A prickle.
2.
(Zool.)
A spine or prickly fin.
3.
(Anat.)
The vertebral column; the spinous process of a vertebra.
Dunglison.

Webster 1828 Edition

Acantha

ACANTH'A

,
Noun.
[Gr. a spine or thorn.]
In botany, a prickle; in zoology, a spine or prickly fin; an acute process of the vertebers.

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