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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024cros•sop•te•ryg•i•an (kro sop′tə rij′ē ən),USA pronunciation n. - Paleontologyany fish of the group Crossopterygii, extinct except for the coelacanth, regarded as being ancestral to amphibians and other land vertebrates.
adj. - Fish, Paleontologypertaining to or resembling a crossopterygian.
- Greek kross(oí) tassels, fringe + -o- -o- + pterýgi(on) little wing or fin, equivalent. to pteryg- (stem of pterýx) wing, fin + -ion diminutive suffix) + -an
- Neo-Latin Crossopterygi(i) group name (
- 1860–65
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