"actinopterygian" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

Forms: more actinopterygian [comparative], most actinopterygian [superlative]
Etymology: Actinopterygii + -an Etymology templates: {{suffix|en||an}} + -an Head templates: {{en-adj}} actinopterygian (comparative more actinopterygian, superlative most actinopterygian)
  1. Of the nature of fish of the class Actinopterygii.
    Sense id: en-actinopterygian-en-adj-3CxoN~gg

Noun [English]

Forms: actinopterygians [plural]
Etymology: Actinopterygii + -an Etymology templates: {{suffix|en||an}} + -an Head templates: {{en-noun}} actinopterygian (plural actinopterygians)
  1. (zoology) Any of the ray-finned fish of the taxonomic class Actinopterygii. Categories (topical): Zoology Categories (lifeform): Fish Translations (any of the ray-finned fish of the class Actinopterygii): actinopterígio [masculine] (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-actinopterygian-en-noun-xec-YGm1 Disambiguation of Fish: 38 62 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -an Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 98 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 1 99 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -an: 6 94 Topics: biology, natural-sciences, zoology

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