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Crossopterygii

Crossopterygii Meaning & Definition
Crossopterygii Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Crossopterygii?

[n] fishes having paired fins resembling limbs and regarded as ancestral to amphibians

Synonyms | Synonyms for Crossopterygii: subclass Crossopterygii

Related Terms | Find terms related to Crossopterygii:

See Also | class | class Osteichthyes | crossopterygian | family Latimeridae | Latimeridae | lobefin | lobe-finned fish | Osteichthyes

Crossopterygii In Webster's Dictionary

\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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