| 单词 | pycnodont | 
| 释义 | > as lemmaspycnodont   pycnodont  n. and adj.  Brit. , U.S. [probably after French pycnodontes, plural noun ( L. Agassiz Recherches sur les poissons fossiles (1833)  II. 2); compare scientific Latin Pycnodus, genus name (1833 or earlier)]			 Palaeontology 		 (a) n. any of various extinct holostean fishes of the family  Pycnodontidae or order  Pycnodontiformes, which are usually deep-bodied and characterized by a pavement of crushing teeth in the upper and lower jaws, and are known from fossils of the Mesozoic era;		 (b) adj. of, relating to, or belonging to this group of fishes. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > fish > class Osteichthyes or Teleostomi > subclass Actinopterygii > 			[noun]		 > superorder Ganoidei > miscellaneous fossil types pycnodont1836 sauroid1836 Cephalaspis1842 buckler-head1847 Pteraspis1857 lepidoganoid1861 coccosteid1863 the world > animals > fish > class Osteichthyes or Teleostomi > subclass Actinopterygii > 			[adjective]		 > ganoid > of fossil or extinct types of pycnodont1836 cephalaspean1854 cephalaspidean1872 pteraspidian1872 platysomid1878 1836    W. Buckland Geol. & Mineral. I. xiv. 281  				The habits of the family of Pycnodonts appear to have been omnivorous. 1909    Science 10 Sept. 328/1  				In the earliest known Pycnodont fishes from the Lower Lias..the grinding teeth form an irregular cluster. 1966    A. S. Romer Vertebr. Paleontol. 		(ed. 3)	 v. 60/1  				Apart from the problems concerning the semionotid and pycnodont groups, a major portion of the holosteans seems fairly certain to constitute a natural group. 1990    M. J. Benton Vertebr. Palaeontol. vi. 133  				The pycnodonts of the Jurassic and Cretaceous are mostly deep-bodied forms with long dorsal and anal fins. < as lemmas | 
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