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Malacopterygii :: Malacopterygii (n. pl.) An order of fishes in which the fin rays, except the anterior ray of the pectoral and dorsal fins, are closely jointed, and not spiny. It includes the carp, pike, salmon, shad, etc. Called also Malacopteri..

Ichthyodorulite :: Ichthyodorulite (n.) One of the spiny plates foundon the back and tail of certain skates.

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

Mastigure :: Mastigure (n.) Any one of several large spiny-tailed lizards of the genus Uromastix. They inhabit Southern Asia and North Africa.

Holly :: Holly (n.) A tree or shrub of the genus Ilex. The European species (Ilex Aguifolium) is best known, having glossy green leaves, with a spiny, waved edge, and bearing berries that turn red or yellow about Michaelmas..

Tachyglossa :: Tachyglossa (n. pl.) A division of monotremes which comprises the spiny ant-eaters of Australia and New Guinea. See Illust. under Echidna.

Hogfish :: Hogfish (n.) A large, red, spiny-headed, European marine fish (Scorpaena scrofa)..

Cockshead :: Cockshead (n.) A leguminous herb (Onobrychis Caput-galli), having small spiny-crested pods..

Bass :: Bass (n.) An edible, spiny-finned fish, esp. of the genera Roccus, Labrax, and related genera. There are many species..

Spiny :: Spiny (a.) Like a spine in shape; slender.

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

Moloch :: Moloch (n.) A spiny Australian lizard (Moloch horridus). The horns on the head and numerous spines on the body give it a most formidable appearance.

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

Spiodea :: Spiny (n.) See Spinny.

Sea Crayfish :: Sea crayfish () Any crustacean of the genus Palinurus and allied genera, as the European spiny lobster (P. vulgaris), which is much used as an article of food. See Lobster..

Lumpfish :: Lumpfish (n.) A large, thick, clumsy, marine fish (Cyclopterus lumpus) of Europe and America. The color is usually translucent sea green, sometimes purplish. It has a dorsal row of spiny tubercles, and three rows on each side, but has no scales. The ventral fins unite and form a ventral sucker for adhesion to stones and seaweeds. Called also lumpsucker, cock-paddle, sea owl..

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

Perch :: Perch (n.) Any one of numerous species of spiny-finned fishes belonging to the Percidae, Serranidae, and related families, and resembling, more or less, the true perches..

Spiny :: Spiny (a.) Full of spines; thorny; as, a spiny tree..

Tragacanth :: Tragacanth (n.) A kind of gum procured from a spiny leguminous shrub (Astragalus gummifer) of Western Asia, and other species of Astragalus. It comes in hard whitish or yellowish flakes or filaments, and is nearly insoluble in water, but slowly swells into a mucilaginous mass, which is used as a substitute for gum arabic in medicine and the arts. Called also gum tragacanth..

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