Etymology

xenacanthiform

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Today it means: Any of the order †Xenacanthiformes of extinct shark-like chondrichthyans. Full definition →

taxonomic name Xenacanthiformes ← Ancient Greek ξένος
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  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromξένος“foreign, alien”
  2. taxonomic name · derived fromXenacanthiformes
  3. English todayxenacanthiform

From taxonomic name Xenacanthiformes, derived from the genus Xenacanthus [from Ancient Greek ξένος (xénos, “foreign, alien”) + ἄκανθος (ákanthos, “spine”)] + -iformes.

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekξένος all →

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