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Definition: ACTINOST

Part of Speech Definition
Noun 1. One of the bones at the base of a paired fin of a fish.[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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Date "Actinost" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)

Etymology:Actinost \Ac"tin*ost\, noun. [from Greek expression ray bone.]. (references)

Definition: ACTINOST

Part of SpeechDefinition
Noun1. One of the bones at the base of a paired fin of a fish.[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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Date "ACTINOST" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)

Etymology:Actinost \Ac"tin*ost\, noun. [from Greek expression ray bone.]. (references)