a|nas|pid

a|nas|pid
a|nas|pid «uh NAS pihd», noun.
any one of a group of fossil fishes of the Silurian and Devonian periods, having a heterocercal tail and lacking paired fins.
[< Greek ana- against + aspís, -ídos shield]

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