Pterichthys

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

  Pterichthys \Pte*rich"thys\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? wing + ? fish.]
     (Paleon.)
     A genus of Devonian fossil fishes with winglike appendages.
     The head and most of the body were covered with large bony
     plates. See {Placodermi}.
     [1913 Webster]