Part 70

<h1>Acanthine</h1> <Xpage=10>

<hw>A*can"thine</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>acanthinus</ets>, Gr. <?/, thorny, fr. <?/. See <er>Acanthus</er>.]</ety> <def>Of, pertaining to, or resembling, the plant acanthus.</def>

<h1>Acanthocarpous</h1> <Xpage=10>

<hw>A*can`tho*car"pous</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ thorn + <?/ fruit.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Having the fruit covered with spines.</def>

<h1>Acanthocephala</h1> <Xpage=10>

<hw>A*can`tho*ceph"a*la</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n. pl.</tt> <ety>[NL., from Gr. <?/ a spine, thorn + <?/ head.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A group of intestinal worms, having the proboscis armed with recurved spines.</def>

<h1>Acanthocephalous</h1> <Xpage=10>

<hw>A*can`tho*ceph"a*lous</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Having a spiny head, as one of the Acanthocephala.</def>

<h1>Acanthophorous</h1> <Xpage=10>

<hw>Ac`an*thoph"o*rous</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/, fr. <?/ spine + <?/ to bear.]</ety> <def>Spine-bearing.</def>

<i>Gray.</i>

<h1>Acanthopodious</h1> <Xpage=10>

<hw>A*can`tho*po"di*ous</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ thorn + <?/, <?/, foot.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Having spinous petioles.</def>

<h1>Acanthopteri</h1> <Xpage=10>

<hw>Ac`an*thop"ter*i</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n. pl.</tt> <ety>[NL., from Gr. <?/ thorn + <?/ wing, fin.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A group of teleostean fishes having spiny fins. See <er>Acanthopterygii</er>.</def>

<h1>Acanthopterous</h1> <Xpage=10>

<hw>Ac`an*thop"ter*ous</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ spine + <?/ wing.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Spiny-winged.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Acanthopterygious.</def>

<h1>Acanthopterygian</h1> <Xpage=10>

<hw>Ac`an*thop`ter*yg"i*an</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Belonging to the order of fishes having spinose fins, as the perch.</def> -- <def2><tt>n.</tt> <def> A spiny-finned fish.</def></def2>

<h1>Acanthopterygii</h1> <Xpage=10>

<hw>Ac`an*thop`ter*yg"i*i</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n. pl.</tt> <ety>[NL., from Gr. <?/ thorn + <?/ fin, dim. fr. <?/ wing.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>An order of fishes having some of the rays of the dorsal, ventral, and anal fins unarticulated and spinelike, as the perch.</def>

<h1>Acanthopterygious</h1> <Xpage=10>

<hw>Ac`an*thop`ter*yg"i*ous</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Having fins in which the rays are hard and spinelike; spiny-finned.</def>

<h1>Acanthus</h1> <Xpage=10>

<hw>A*can"thus</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. E. <plw>Acanthuses</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>, L. <plw>Acanthi</plw> <tt>(#)</tt>. <ety>[L., from Gr. <?/. Cf. <er>Acantha</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A genus of herbaceous prickly plants, found in the south of Europe, Asia Minor, and India; bear's-breech.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Arch.)</fld> <def>An ornament resembling the foliage or leaves of the acanthus <spn>(Acanthus spinosus)</spn>; -- used in the capitals of the Corinthian and Composite orders.</def>