cros|sop|te|ryg|i|an

cros|sop|te|ryg|i|an
cros|sop|te|ryg|i|an «kro SOP tuh RIHJ ee uhn», adjective, noun.
–adj.
of or having to do with a group of fish which, except for a species found off South Africa, is now believed to be extinct: »

The crossopterygian fishes gave rise to the amphibians and vanished almost totally (Scientific American).

–n.
a crossopterygian fish.
[< New Latin Crossopterygii the group name (< Greek krossós tassel + ptéryx, -ygos fin) + English -an]

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