Gyracanthus

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

  Gyracanthus \Gyr`a*can"thus\ (j[i^]r`[.a]*k[a^]n"th[u^]s), n.
     [NL., fr. Gr. gyro`s round + 'a`kanqa spine.] (Paleon.)
     A genus of fossil fishes, found in Devonian and carboniferous
     strata; -- so named from their round, sculptured spines.
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