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crossopterygii |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Crossopterygii \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}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: Crossopterygii n : fishes having paired fins resembling limbs and regarded as ancestral to amphibians [syn: {Crossopterygii}, {subclass Crossopterygii}]
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