Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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Acantha (Page: 7)

A*can"tha (#), n. [Gr. thorn, fr. point. See Acute.]

1. (Bot.) A prickle.

2. (Zoöl.) A spine or prickly fin.

3. (Anat.) The vertebral column; the spinous process of a vertebra. Dunglison.