Meaning of CROSSOPTERYGII
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| | Definition: | | [n] fishes having paired fins resembling limbs and regarded as ancestral to amphibians |
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| | Synonyms: | | subclass Crossopterygii |
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| | See Also: | | class, class Osteichthyes, crossopterygian, family Latimeridae, Latimeridae, lobefin, lobe-finned fish, Osteichthyes | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Cros*sop`te*ryg"i*i\ (kr?s-s?p`t?-r?j?-?), n.
pl. [NL., fr. Gr. ??? tassels, a fringe + ?????, dim. of ????
wing, fin.] (Zo["o]l.)
An order of ganoid fishes including among living species the
bichir ({Polypterus}). See {Brachioganoidei}.
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