Usually means: Fish with spiny rayed fins.
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We found 18 dictionaries that define the word acanthopterygian:

General (17 matching dictionaries)
  1. acanthopterygian: Merriam-Webster
  2. acanthopterygian: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. acanthopterygian: Collins English Dictionary
  4. acanthopterygian: Vocabulary.com
  5. acanthopterygian: Wordnik
  6. acanthopterygian: Wiktionary
  7. acanthopterygian: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. acanthopterygian: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. acanthopterygian: Dictionary.com
  10. Acanthopterygian: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  11. acanthopterygian: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  12. acanthopterygian: Rhymezone
  13. Acanthopterygian: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  14. acanthopterygian: FreeDictionary.org
  15. acanthopterygian: Mnemonic Dictionary
  16. acanthopterygian: TheFreeDictionary.com
  17. acanthopterygian: Merriam-Webster

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
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▸ noun:  (zoology) Any fish of the superorder Acanthopterygii.
▸ adjective:  (zoology) Similar to an acanthopterygian.

Similar:
spiny-finned fish, acanthopt, acanthopteran, acanthopteri, acanthomorph, acanthodid, protacanthopterygian, acanthuriform, acanthodiform, acanthoclinid, more...

Opposite:
holoptychius, holocephalan, holocephalous

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Similar:
spiny-finned fish, acanthopt, acanthopteran, acanthopteri, acanthomorph, acanthodid, protacanthopterygian, acanthuriform, acanthodiform, acanthoclinid, more...

Opposite:
holoptychius, holocephalan, holocephalous



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