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Gyracanthus

Gyr`a*can"thus\, n. [NL., fr. Gr, ? round + ? spine.] (Paleon.) A genus of fossil fishes, found in Devonian and carboniferous strata; -- so named from their round, sculptured spines.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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