pterichthyid
/təˈrɪkθɪɪd/Palaeontology. Now rare
noun
A fossil fish of the former placoderm family Pterichthyidae (now Pterichthyodidae), of which Pterichthys (now Pterichthyodes) was the type.
Origin
Mid 19th century; earliest use found in James Dana (1813–1895), geologist, zoologist, and teacher. From Pterichthys + -id, after scientific Latin Pterichthyidae, former family name.
- petrofabrics
- Petro-Forge
- petrog.
- petrogenesis
- petrogenetic
- petrogenetically
- petrogenic
- petrogeny
- petroglyph
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- petroglyphy
- Petrograd
- petrograph
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- petrographic
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- petroil
- petrol
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- petrol attendant
- petrolatum
- petrol blue
- petrol bomb