(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 0:08:26

Het"er*a*canth (?), a. [Hetero- + Gr. a spine.] Zool.

Having the spines of the dorsal fin unsymmetrical, or thickened alternately on the right and left sides.

 

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