Found 2 items, similar to Crossopterygii.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: Crossopterygii
Crossopterygii
n : fishes having paired fins resembling limbs and regarded as
ancestral to amphibians [syn:
subclass Crossopterygii]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Crossopterygii
Crossopterygii
\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.
[1913 Webster]