Definition
Lacking spines or thorns, or referring to fish without spiny fins.
Etymology
From Greek 'ana-' (without) + 'akantha' (thorn, spine). The prefix 'ana-' meaning 'without' combines with the Greek word for spines to describe creatures or plants lacking these sharp structures.
Kelly Says
This term reveals how ancient Greek naturalists classified fish by their fins—some fish are 'spiny' (acanthine) and others smooth (anacanthine), a distinction that still matters in modern fish taxonomy and helps scientists understand evolutionary relationships.
Translations
AMአማርኛ
አናካንትን
a-na-kan-tin
ARالعربية
أنكاثين
an-ka-thin
BNবাংলা
অ্যানাকান্থিন
an-a-kan-thin
CACatalà
anacanthina
ana-kan-ti-na
CSČeština
anacanthin
ana-kan-tin
DADansk
anacanthin
ana-kan-tin
DEDeutsch
Anacanthin
ana-kan-thi-n
ELΕλληνικά
ανακανθίνη
ana-kan-thi-ni
ESEspañol
anacantínico
ana-kan-ti-no
FAفارسی
اناکانتین
ana-kan-tin
FISuomi
anacanthine
ana-kan-ti-ne
FRFrançais
anacanthine
ana-kan-tin
GUGU
અનકાંથીન
ana-kan-thin
HAHA
anacanthin
ana-kan-thin
HEעברית
אנאקנתין
ana-kan-tin
HIहिन्दी
अनाकैंथिन
ana-kan-thin
HUMagyar
anacanthin
ana-kan-tin
IDBahasa Indonesia
anacanthin
ana-kan-thin
IGIG
anacanthin
ana-kan-thin
ITItaliano
anacantina
ana-kan-ti-na
JA日本語
アナカンチン
ana-kan-chin
KKKK
анакантин
ana-kan-tin
KMKM
អាណាកានថិន
a-na-ka-an-thin
MRMR
अनकंथिन
ana-kan-thin
MSBahasa Melayu
anakanthin
ana-kan-thin
MYမြန်မာ
အနာကန်သင်း
a-na-kan-shin
NLNederlands
anacanthine
ana-kan-ti-n
NONorsk
anacanthin
ana-kan-tin
PAPA
ਅਨਕੈਂਥਿਨ
ana-kan-thin
PLPolski
anakantyn
ana-kan-tyn
PTPortuguês
anacantínico
ana-kan-ti-ni-ko
RORomână
anacanthin
ana-kan-tin
RUРусский
анакантин
ana-kan-tin
SVSvenska
anacanthin
ana-kan-tin
SWKiswahili
anacanthin
ana-kan-thin
TAதமிழ்
அனாகன்தினே
ana-gan-thi-ne
TEతెలుగు
అనకాంథిన్
ana-kan-thin
THไทย
อะนาคานทิน
a-na-ka-nan-tin
TLTL
anacanthin
ana-kan-thin
TRTürkçe
anakanthin
ana-kan-thin
UKУкраїнська
анакантин
ana-kan-tin
URاردو
اناکانترین
ana-kan-trin
VITiếng Việt
anacanthin
a-na-kan-tin
YOYO
anacanthin
ana-kan-thin
ZUZU
anacanthin
ana-kan-thin