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CROSSOPTERYGII
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Fishes having paired fins resembling limbs and regarded as ancestral to amphibians
Synonyms:
Crossopterygii; subclass Crossopterygii
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Crossopterygii" is a kind of...):
class ((biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders)
Meronyms (members of "Crossopterygii"):
crossopterygian; lobe-finned fish; lobefin (any fish of the order Crossopterygii; most known only in fossil form)
family Latimeridae; Latimeridae (extinct except for the coelacanth)
Holonyms ("Crossopterygii" is a member of...):
class Osteichthyes; Osteichthyes (a class of fish having a skeleton composed of bone in addition to cartilage)