What does "heteracanth" mean?
Heteracanth: Having the spines of the dorsal fin unsymmetrical, or thickened alternately on the right and left sides.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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