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crossopterygian

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15 lettersPart of speech nounSorted aceginooprrsstyStarts with CEnds with N0 clues
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Definitions

  1. any fish of the order Crossopterygii; most known only in fossil form

Word origin

From Crossopterygia + -an, Greek krossoí “tassels, fringe” + -o- + pterýgion “little wing or fin,” equivalent to pteryg- (stem of pterýx) “wing, fin” + -ion + -an.

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  • One consequence was that the crossopterygian fishes (distantly related to the famous ‘living fossil’ coelacanth Latimeria) were dethroned from their privileged position as ancestors.

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