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longefoy | 20:30 Sun 22nd Jan 2012 | Quizzes & Puzzles
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Several of you have supplied 'ichthyodorylite' for "fossilised fish spine" but I can't find any trace of it on the internet.

Can you tell me where to look?

Thank you!
  
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Chambers gives 'ichthyodorYlite' as an alt. spelling of 'ichthyodorUlite' -

http://www.merriam-we...onary/ichthyodorulite
The Language Bar - Google Books Result
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From Greek koAAoc (kolla) glue. ichthyodorylite, ichthyodoralite A fossil spine of a fish or fish-like vertebrate. From Greek 66pu (dory) spear. ichthyographer A ...
Full text of "A classification of vertebrata, recent and extinct"
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gadorich_djvu.txt

[Ichthyodorylites, Buckland. Enamelled spines of the dermal armour, chiefly from the dorsal fins, of various fishes. Onchus. Upper Silurian of Ludlow, and lower ...
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Thank you Lie-in King and SubSinker, you're both too erudite for me! PS Lie-in King, are you a retired teacher?!
Sorry that should have looked liked what the person above has posted and show a page from an Old Dictionary
Hi longefoy - no, I've never been a teacher :-)
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Something smart?;))

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