Crossword-Solution: PTERICHTHYS
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| Pterichthys | n. | A genus of Devonian fossil fishes with winglike appendages. The head and most of the body were covered with large bony plates. See Placodermi. |
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Hint 1 meaning
Godlike; heavenly; excellent in the highest degree;
supremely admirable; apparently above what is human. In this
application, the word admits of comparison; as, the divinest mind. Sir
J. Davies.
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"Delicious!"
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Among the anomalous forms of Old Red fishes not referable to Huxley’s Crossopterygii is the _Pterichthys,_ of which five species have been found in the middle division of the Old Red of Scotland.
The number of species of fish already obtained from the middle division of the Old Red Sandstone in Great Britain is about 70, and the principal genera, besides _Osteolepis_ and _ Pterichthys,_ already mentioned, are _Glyptolepis, Diplacanthus, Dendrodus, Coccosteus, Cheirancanthus,_ and _ Acanthoides._ Fig.
Some of the fossils of this system,—the cephalaspis, coccosteus, pterichthys, holoptychius—are, in form and structure, entirely different from any fishes now existing, only the sturgeon family having any trace of affinity to them in any respect.
The _pterichthys_ has also strong bony plates over its body, arranged much like those of a tortoise, and has a long tail; but its most remarkable feature, and that which has suggested its name, is a pair of long and narrow wing-like appendages attached to the shoulders, which the creature is supposed to have erected for its defence when attacked by an enemy.
Though it required skill to determine the place of the pterichthys and coccosteus there could be no mistaking the osteolepis--it must have been a fish, and a handsome one, too.