"crossopterygian" meaning in English

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Adjective

Etymology: From Crossopterygia + -an, Greek krossoí “tassels, fringe” + -o- + pterýgion “little wing or fin,” equivalent to pteryg- (stem of pterýx ) “wing, fin” + -ion + -an. Etymology templates: {{taxlink|Crossopterygia|genus}} Crossopterygia, {{suffix|en||an}} + -an Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} crossopterygian (not comparable)
  1. (zoology) Of or pertaining to the Crossopterygii, an infraclass of bony fish. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Zoology Categories (lifeform): Fish
    Sense id: en-crossopterygian-en-adj-Hp7SiPLL Disambiguation of Fish: 65 35 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: 45 55 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 46 54 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -an: 49 51 Topics: biology, natural-sciences, zoology

Noun

Forms: crossopterygians [plural]
Etymology: From Crossopterygia + -an, Greek krossoí “tassels, fringe” + -o- + pterýgion “little wing or fin,” equivalent to pteryg- (stem of pterýx ) “wing, fin” + -ion + -an. Etymology templates: {{taxlink|Crossopterygia|genus}} Crossopterygia, {{suffix|en||an}} + -an Head templates: {{en-noun}} crossopterygian (plural crossopterygians)
  1. (zoology) One of the Crossopterygii. Categories (topical): Zoology
    Sense id: en-crossopterygian-en-noun-bIYQYv~f 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: 45 55 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 46 54 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -an: 49 51 Topics: biology, natural-sciences, zoology

Inflected forms

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