Definition of Gyracanthus
:a genus of acanthodian fishes of the Carboniferous known solely from large round sculptured spines
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Gyracanthus
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Gyr·acan·thus
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Origin and Etymology of gyracanthus
New Latin, from gyr- + -acanthus
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