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Meaning of MALACOPTERYGIAN

Pronunciation:  `malu`kâptu'reejeeun

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [n]  any fish of the superorder Malacopterygii
 
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 Synonyms: soft-finned fish
 
 Antonyms: acanthopterygian, spiny-finned fish
 
 See Also: Albula vulpes, anchovy, argentine, beaked salmon, bonefish, catfish, clupeid, clupeid fish, cypriniform fish, eel, gadoid, gadoid fish, Gonorhynchus gonorhynchus, greeneye, handsaw fish, king of the herring, Lampris guttatus, Lampris regius, lancet fish, lancetfish, lanternfish, lizardfish, Malacopterygii, moonfish, New World opah, oarfish, opah, order Ostariophysi, Ostariophysi, Regalecus glesne, ribbonfish, salmonid, sandfish, siluriform fish, smelt, snakefish, superorder Malacopterygii, tarpon, Tarpon atlanticus, teleost, teleost fish, teleostan, whitebait, whitefish, wolffish

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Mal`a*cop`ter*yg"i*an\, n. [Cf. F.
malacopt['e]rygien.] (Zo["o]l.)
One of the Malacopterygii.
 

 

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