Anacanths

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

  Anacanthini \An`a*can"thi*ni\, Anacanths \An"a*canths\, n. pl.
     [NL., fr. Gr. 'an priv. + ? thorny, fr. ? thorn.] (Zool.)
     A group of teleostean fishes destitute of spiny fin-rays, as
     the cod.
     [1913 Webster]