Acanth :: Acanth (n.) Same as Acanthus.

Acantha :: Acantha (n.) A prickle.

Acantha :: Acantha (n.) A spine or prickly fin.

Acantha :: Acantha (n.) The vertebral column; the spinous process of a vertebra.

Acanthaceous :: Acanthaceous (a.) Armed with prickles, as a plant..

Acanthaceous :: Acanthaceous (a.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, the family of plants of which the acanthus is the type..

Acanthi :: Acanthi (pl. ) of Acanthu.

Acanthine :: Acanthine (a.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, the plant acanthus..

Acanthocarpous :: Acanthocarpous (a.) Having the fruit covered with spines.

Acanthocephala :: Acanthocephala (n. pl.) A group of intestinal worms, having the proboscis armed with recurved spines..

Acanthocephalous :: Acanthocephalous (a.) Having a spiny head, as one of the Acanthocephala..

Acanthophorous :: Acanthophorous (a.) Spine-bearing.

Acanthopodious :: Acanthopodious (a.) Having spinous petioles.

Acanthopteri :: Acanthopteri (n. pl.) A group of teleostean fishes having spiny fins. See Acanthopterygii.

Acanthopterous :: Acanthopterous (a.) Spiny-winged.

Acanthopterous :: Acanthopterous (a.) Acanthopterygious.

Acanthopterygian :: Acanthopterygian (a.) Belonging to the order of fishes having spinose fins, as the perch..

Acanthopterygian :: Acanthopterygian (n.) A spiny-finned fish.

Acanthopterygii :: Acanthopterygii (n. pl.) An order of fishes having some of the rays of the dorsal, ventral, and anal fins unarticulated and spinelike, as the perch..

Acanthopterygious :: Acanthopterygious (a.) Having fins in which the rays are hard and spinelike; spiny-finned.

Acanthus :: Acanthus (n.) A genus of herbaceous prickly plants, found in the south of Europe, Asia Minor, and India; bear's-breech..

Acanthus :: Acanthus (n.) An ornament resembling the foliage or leaves of the acanthus (Acanthus spinosus); -- used in the capitals of the Corinthian and Composite orders.

Acanthuses :: Acanthuses (pl. ) of Acanthu.

Anacanthini :: Anacanthini (n. pl.) Alt. of Anacanth.

Anacanthous :: Anacanthous (a.) Spineless, as certain fishes..

Anacanths :: Anacanths (n. pl.) A group of teleostean fishes destitute of spiny fin-rays, as the cod..

Coelacanth :: Coelacanth (a.) Having hollow spines, as some ganoid fishes..

Dracanth :: Dracanth (n.) A kind of gum; -- called also gum tragacanth, or tragacanth. See Tragacanth..

Gyracanthus :: Gyracanthus (n.) A genus of fossil fishes, found in Devonian and carboniferous strata; -- so named from their round, sculptured spines..

Heteracanth :: Heteracanth (a.) Having the spines of the dorsal fin unsymmetrical, or thickened alternately on the right and left sides..

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