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Webster 1913 Edition


Paleichthyes


Paˊle-ich′thy-es

,
Noun.
pl.
[NL. See
Paleo-
, and
Ichthyology
.]
(Zool.)
A comprehensive division of fishes which includes the elasmobranchs and ganoids.
[Written also
Palæichthyes
.]