Dinichthys


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Di`nich´thys


n.1.(Paleon.) A genus of large extinct Devonian ganoid fishes. In some parts of Ohio remains of the Dinichthys are abundant, indicating animals twenty feet in length.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.
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