Pycnodontini

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

  Pycnodontini \Pyc`no*don"ti*ni\, n. pl. [NL.] (Zool.)
     An extinct order of ganoid fishes. They had a compressed
     body, covered with dermal ribs (pleurolepida) and with
     enameled rhomboidal scales.
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