Pterichthysn.
/təˈrɪkθɪs/, U.S. /təˈrɪkθəs/ Palaeontology. Now rare.
A former genus of placoderm fishes of the Devonian period (now called Pterychthyodes) having wing-like pectoral appendages encased in bony plates; a fish of this genus.
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the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > order Scorpaeniformes (scorpion-fish) > [noun] > family Scorpaenidae (scorpion-fishes) > genus or member of Pterichthys (fossil)
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wing-fish1855
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1839 W. Swainson Nat. Hist. Fishes, Amphibians, & Reptiles II. 180 Family 3. Scorpænidæ... Pterichthys. Pectorals very long, with a detached ray.]
1841 Rep. Brit. Assoc. Advancem. Sci. 1840 Trans. 99 Mr. Murchison referred to Mr. Hugh Miller..who..had first endeavoured to describe a singularly formed animal with lateral wing-like processes, the Pterichthys. [Note] On this occasion M. Agassiz named the prominent species Pterichthys Milleri.
1841 H. Miller Old Red Sandstone iii. 46 One of the most extraordinary..is the Ptericthys, or winged fish, an ichthyolite which the writer had the pleasure of introducing to the acqaintance of geologists nearly three years ago.
1925 P. Radin & V. C. C. Collum tr. E. Perrier Earth before Hist. iii. i. 231 The fins of Pterichthys are already highly specialized organs.
1966 A. S. Romer Vertebr. Paleontol. (ed. 3) iii. 32/2 (caption) Pterichthyodes (Pterichthys), a scale-covered Middle Devonian antiarch.
1979 Isis 70 232 The discovery in the 1830s of heavily armored arthrodires like Coccosteus and Pterichthys.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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