Homacanth

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

  Homacanth \Hom"a*canth\, a. [Homo + Gr. ? a spine.] (Zool.)
     Having the dorsal fin spines symmetrical, and in the same
     line; -- said of certain fishes.
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