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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Gyracanthus

/(jĭr`ȧ*kăn"thŭs)/ · Gyr·a·can·thus · IPA
01 n. A genus of fossil fishes, found in Devonian and carboniferous strata; -- so named from their round, sculptured spines.
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    A genus of fossil fishes, found in Devonian and carboniferous strata; -- so named from their round, sculptured spines.(Paleon.)