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Webster 1913 Edition
Heteracanth
Het′er-a-canth
,Adj.
[
Hetero-
+ Gr. [GREEK] a spine.] (Zool.)
Having the spines of the dorsal fin unsymmetrical, or thickened alternately on the right and left sides.
Definition 2024
heteracanth
heteracanth
English
Adjective
heteracanth (not comparable)
- (zoology) Having the spines of the dorsal fin asymmetrical, or thickened alternately on the right and left sides.