'Pterichthys' definitions:

Definition of 'Pterichthys'

From: GCIDE

Pterichthys \Pte*rich"thys\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? wing + ? fish.] (Paleon.) A genus of Devonian fossil fishes with winglike appendages. The head and most of the body were covered with large bony plates. See Placodermi. [1913 Webster]