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- fish thought to have been extinct since the Cretaceous period but found in 1938 off the coast of Africa (同)Latimeria chalumnae
- short-headed marine fishes; often brightly colored (同)family Malacanthidae
- a breakdown of a cell layer in the epidermis (as in pemphigus)
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- シーラカンス(白亜期以来絶滅したと考えられていたが,1938年に南アフリカ沖で発見された原始魚類)
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Acanthus (plural: acanthus, rarely acanthuses in English, or acanthi in Latin), in its feminine form acantha (plura: acanthae), is the Latinised form of the ancient Greek word acanthos or akanthos, referring to the Acanthus plant. It can also be used as the prefix acantho-, meaning "thorny". It may refer to:
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- 1 Mythology
- 2 People
- 3 Places
- 4 Other uses
- 5 See also
Mythology
- Acantha, a figure in Greek mythology associated with the plant
- Acanthus, son of Autonous who received his name after the plant, which was common in his infertile homeland
People
- Acanthus of Sparta, an ancient athlete
- Acanthus, the pen-name of the cartoonist Frank Hoar
Places
- Acanthus, Ontario, a modern Canadian town
- Acanthus (Egypt), an ancient Egyptian city
- Akanthos (Greece), an ancient Greek city
- Acantha, County Offaly, a townland in the civil parish of Durrow, barony of Ballycowan, Ireland
Other uses
- Acanthus (ornament), a form in architecture and in leather carving, from the plant
- Acanthus, in entomology a thorn-like projection, typically a single-celled cuticular growth without tormogen (socket) or sensory cells
- Acanthus path, a fictional tradition of enchanters, magicians and witches in the game Mage: The Awakening
See also
- List of commonly used taxonomic affixes
Japanese Journal
- 日本の白亜系の大型化石による分帯と西欧模式地との対比
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- BRAND ACANTHUS(アカンサス)は、国内外の有名ブランドを手掛けるレザー専門ファクトリーによるプライベートブランドです。 CONCEPT オーセンティック・ユアーズ_ 普遍の価値を、あなたに。 美しさと、強さと、したたかさ。
- Medical definition of acanth-: spine : prickle : projection ... Seen and Heard What made you want to look up acanth-? Please tell us where you read or heard it (including the quote, if possible).
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