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Homacanth :: Homacanth (a.) Having the dorsal fin spines symmetrical, and in the same line; -- said of certain fishes..

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

Acanthi :: Acanthi (pl. ) of Acanthu.

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..

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

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

Lemniscus :: Lemniscus (n.) One of two oval bodies hanging from the interior walls of the body in the Acanthocephala.

Spinetail :: Spinetail (n.) Any one or several species of swifts of the genus Acanthylis, or Chaetura, and allied genera, in which the shafts of the tail feathers terminate in rigid spines..

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

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

Dragantine :: Dragantine (n.) A mucilage obtained from, or containing, gum tragacanth..

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

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

Pyracanth :: Pyracanth (n.) The evergreen thorn (Crataegus Pyracantha), a shrub native of Europe..

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

Filefish :: Filefish (n.) Any plectognath fish of the genera Monacanthus, Alutera, balistes, and allied genera; -- so called on account of the roughly granulated skin, which is sometimes used in place of sandpaper..

Myriacanthous :: Myriacanthous (a.) Having numerous spines, as certain fishes..

Cerasin :: Cerasin (n.) A gummy mucilaginous substance; -- called also bassorin, tragacanthin, etc..

Acanthuses :: Acanthuses (pl. ) of Acanthu.

Retinaculum :: Retinaculum (n.) A small gland or process to which bodies are attached; as, the glandular retinacula to which the pollinia of orchids are attached, or the hooks which support the seeds in many acanthaceous plants..

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