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Definition: DINICHTHYS

Part of Speech Definition
Noun 1. A genus of large extinct Devonian ganoid fishes. In some parts of Ohio remains of the Dinichthys are abundant, indicating animals twenty feet in length.[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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

Etymology:Dinichthys \Di*nich"thys\, noun. [New Latin expression, from the Greek expression terrible fish.]. (references)

Definition: DINICHTHYS

Part of SpeechDefinition
Noun1. A genus of large extinct Devonian ganoid fishes. In some parts of Ohio remains of the Dinichthys are abundant, indicating animals twenty feet in length.[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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

Etymology:Dinichthys \Di*nich"thys\, noun. [New Latin expression, from the Greek expression terrible fish.]. (references)