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Crossopterygii — noun fishes having paired fins resembling limbs and regarded as ancestral to amphibians • Syn: ↑subclass Crossopterygii • Hypernyms: ↑class • Member Holonyms: ↑Osteichthyes, ↑class Osteichthyes • … Useful english dictionary
subclass Dipnoi — noun bony fishes of the southern hemisphere that breathe by a modified air bladder as well as gills; sometimes classified as an order of Crossopterygii • Syn: ↑Dipnoi • Hypernyms: ↑class • Member Holonyms: ↑Osteichthyes, ↑class Osteichthyes … Useful english dictionary
lobe-finned fish — noun any fish of the order Crossopterygii; most known only in fossil form • Syn: ↑crossopterygian, ↑lobefin • Hypernyms: ↑bony fish • Hyponyms: ↑coelacanth, ↑Latimeria chalumnae … Useful english dictionary
class Osteichthyes — noun a class of fish having a skeleton composed of bone in addition to cartilage • Syn: ↑Osteichthyes • Hypernyms: ↑class • Member Holonyms: ↑Vertebrata, ↑subphylum Vertebrata, ↑Craniata, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
Osteichthyes — noun a class of fish having a skeleton composed of bone in addition to cartilage • Syn: ↑class Osteichthyes • Hypernyms: ↑class • Member Holonyms: ↑Vertebrata, ↑subphylum Vertebrata, ↑Craniata, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
crossopterygian — noun Etymology: New Latin Crossopterygii, subclass name, from Greek krossoi fringe + pterygion, diminutive of pteryg , pteryx wing, fin; akin to Greek pteron wing more at feather Date: 1861 any of a subclass (Crossopterygii) of bony fishes (as a… … New Collegiate Dictionary
coelacanth — coelacanthine /see leuh kan thuyn, thin/, adj. /see leuh kanth /, n. a crossopterygian fish, Latimeria chalumnae, thought to have been extinct since the Cretaceous Period but found in 1938 off the coast of southern Africa. [1605 15; < NL… … Universalium
crossopterygian — noun any fish of the order Crossopterygii; most known only in fossil form • Syn: ↑lobefin, ↑lobe finned fish • Hypernyms: ↑bony fish • Hyponyms: ↑coelacanth, ↑Latimeria chalumnae … Useful english dictionary
lobefin — noun any fish of the order Crossopterygii; most known only in fossil form • Syn: ↑crossopterygian, ↑lobe finned fish • Hypernyms: ↑bony fish • Hyponyms: ↑coelacanth, ↑Latimeria chalumnae … Useful english dictionary
family Latimeridae — noun extinct except for the coelacanth • Syn: ↑Latimeridae • Hypernyms: ↑fish family • Member Holonyms: ↑Crossopterygii, ↑subclass Crossopterygii • Member Meronyms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
