Meaning of MALACOPTERYGIAN
| Pronunciation: | | `malu`kâptu'reejeeun
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| | Definition: | | [n] any fish of the superorder Malacopterygii |
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| | Synonyms: | | soft-finned fish |
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| | Antonyms: | | acanthopterygian, spiny-finned fish | | |
| | See Also: | | Albula vulpes, anchovy, argentine, beaked salmon, bonefish, catfish, clupeid, clupeid fish, cypriniform fish, eel, gadoid, gadoid fish, Gonorhynchus gonorhynchus, greeneye, handsaw fish, king of the herring, Lampris guttatus, Lampris regius, lancet fish, lancetfish, lanternfish, lizardfish, Malacopterygii, moonfish, New World opah, oarfish, opah, order Ostariophysi, Ostariophysi, Regalecus glesne, ribbonfish, salmonid, sandfish, siluriform fish, smelt, snakefish, superorder Malacopterygii, tarpon, Tarpon atlanticus, teleost, teleost fish, teleostan, whitebait, whitefish, wolffish | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Mal`a*cop`ter*yg"i*an\, n. [Cf. F.
malacopt['e]rygien.] (Zo["o]l.)
One of the Malacopterygii.
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