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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Acanthopterygii \Ac`an*thop`ter*yg"i*i\, n. pl [NL., from Gr ? thorn + ? fin, dim. fr ? wing.] (Zo["o]l.) An order of fishes having some of the rays of the dorsal, ventral, and anal fins unarticulated and spinelike as the perch. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: Acanthopterygii n : teleost fishes having fins with sharp bony rays [syn: {Acanthopterygii}, {superorder Acanthopterygii}]
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