Definitions for: Crossopterygii

[n] fishes having paired fins resembling limbs and regarded as ancestral to amphibians

Webster (1913) Definition: 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.

Synonyms: subclass Crossopterygii

See Also: class, class Osteichthyes, crossopterygian, family Latimeridae, Latimeridae, lobefin, lobe-finned fish, Osteichthyes

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