Crossopterygii

created by Webster 1913
(definition) by Webster 1913 (print) Tue Dec 21 1999 at 22:49:12

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.] Zool.

An order of ganoid fishes including among living species the bichir (Polypterus). See Brachioganoidei.

 

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