Acanthopteri

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Acanthopteri \Ac`an*thop"ter*i\, n. pl. [NL., from Gr. ? thorn +
     ? wing, fin.] (Zool.)
     A group of teleostean fishes having spiny fins. See
     {Acanthopterygii}.
     [1913 Webster]