Ichthus

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

  Ichthus \Ich"thus\ ([i^]k"th[u^]s), n. [Gr. 'ichqy`s.]
     In early Christian and ecclesiastical art, an emblematic
     fish, or the Greek word for fish, which combined the initials
     of the Greek words Ihsoy^s, Christo`s, Qeoy^ Gio`s Swth`r,
     Jesus, Christ, Son of God, Savior.
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