Translingual

Hystrix brachyura, in the subgenus Acanthion

Proper noun

Acanthion n

1. A taxonomic subgenus within the genus Hystrix – the smaller Old World porcupines, Hystrix subg. Acanthion.

Hypernyms

• (subgenus): Mammalia - class; Trechnotheria - subclass; Zatheria - infraclass; Theria - supercohort; Placentalia - cohort; Rodentia - order; Hystricomorpha - suborder; Hystricognathi - infraorder; Phiomorpha - infraorder; Hystricidae - family; Hystrix - genus

Usage notes

• Formerly considered an independent genus

English

Noun

acanthion

1. (medicine) A point lying near the base of the nose; specifically, the point at the base of the anterior nasal spine that lies on the mesial line; tip of the anterior nasal spine.
   • 1987, D.M. Wilmot & Gail A. Sharko, Pediatric Imaging for the Technologist, page 114:

     The central ray is directed to a point just inferior to the acanthion.

Translations

References

1. ↑ Thomas, Clayton L., ed. Taber's Cyclopedic Medical Dictionary. 5th. Philadelphia: F.A. Davis Co., 1993.
2. ↑ Philip Babcock Gove (editor), Webster's Third International Dictionary of the English Language, Unabridged (G. & C. Merriam Co., 1976 [1909], ISBN 0-87779-101-5)

Anagrams

• Antiochan