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单词 crossopterygian
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crossopterygianadj.n.

/krɒsɒptəˈrɪdʒ(ɪ)ən/
Etymology: < modern Latin crossopterygii or crossopterygia ( < Greek κροσσός tassel, plural, fringe, κροσσωτός fringed + πτέρυξ, πτερύγιον fin) + -an suffix.
Zoology.
A. adj.
Belonging to the sub-class Crossopterygia or sub-order Crossopterygidæ of Ganoid fishes, so called from the arrangement of the paired fins to form a fringe round a central lobe.
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the world > animals > fish > class Osteichthyes or Teleostomi > [adjective] > belonging to Crossopterygii
crossopterygian1861
1861 T. H. Huxley Ess. Devonian Fishes (Mem. Geol. Surv. Gt. Brit.) 25 Thus both ends of the Crossopterygian series appear..to be cut off from the modern representatives of the suborder.
1871 T. H. Huxley Man. Anat. Vertebrated Animals iii. 171 The most ancient Crossopterygian Ganoids.
B. n.
A fish of this class.Most of these fishes are extinct, but the genus Polypterus is still found in the Nile and other African rivers.
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the world > animals > fish > class Osteichthyes or Teleostomi > [noun] > subclass Crossopterygii or order Coelacanthiformes > member of
cœlacanth1857
crossopterygian1861
latimeria1940
lobe-fin1941
Old Fourlegs1956
1861 T. H. Huxley Ess. Devonian Fishes (Mem. Geol. Surv. Gt. Brit.) 25 Polypterus, however, is clearly related to the rhombiferous Crossopterygians.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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