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xenacanthine (adjective) (not comparable)
Relating to the division of Xenancanthini: Xenacanthine fishes or fossils are those that have long been extinct.
xenacanthine (s) (noun) (no pl)
A fossil or fish of the classification of Xenacanthini: Sam was so happy to find a drawing of what a xenacanthine might have looked like although it had been extinct for a very long time.
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