† pantopterousadj. [ < panto-comb. form + -pterouscomb. form, after French pantoptère (A. M. C. Duméril Zoologie analytique (1806) 114)] ZoologyObsolete of or relating to the former family Pantoptera (A. M. C. Duméril's name for fishes having all fins but the pelvic).
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1857 R. G. MayneExpos. Lexicon Med. Sci. (1860) Pantopterus, applied by Duméril to a Family (Pantoptera) of holobranchious apodous fishes:..pantopterous.