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Titanichthys

noun
Ti·tan·ich·thys | \ˌtītᵊnˈikthə̇s\

Definition of Titanichthys 

: a genus (the type of the family Titanichthyidae) of very large toothless arthrodiran fishes of the Upper Devonian of Ohio

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New Latin, from Greek Titan + New Latin -ichthys

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