Usually means: Lacking spines on fins, fish.
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  7. anacanthous: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  8. Anacanthous: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
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▸ adjective:  Spineless, like certain fishes, such as certain extinct sharks

Similar:
acanthophorous, decacanthous, acanthopterygious, spinyhead, acentrous, acanthopodous, agnathous, heteracanth, agnathic, homacanth, more...

Opposite:
katancathous, peracanthous, oligacanthous

Types:
scaly, flaky, rough, smooth, prickly, more...

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Similar:
acanthophorous, decacanthous, acanthopterygious, spinyhead, acentrous, acanthopodous, agnathous, heteracanth, agnathic, homacanth, more...

Opposite:
katancathous, peracanthous, oligacanthous

Types:
scaly, flaky, rough, smooth, prickly, more...



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