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cheiropterygia

cheiropterygia is the plural of cheiropterygium.

Meaning of cheiropterygium

Noun

cheiropterygium (plural cheiropterygia)

  1. The typical pentadactyloid limb of the higher vertebrates.
    • All anatomists are agreed that the limbs of the higher Vertebrata are derived from those of Fishes, but the gulf between the two types of limbs is so great that there is room for a very great diversity of opinion as to the mode of evolution of the cheiropterygium.1885, Francis Maitland Balfour, A Treatise on Comparative Embryology: Vertebrata, page 621

Questions about cheiropterygia

What is cheiropterygia the plural of?
Cheiropterygia is the plural of cheiropterygium.

Words near cheiropterygia in the dictionary

  1. cheiropody
  2. cheiropompholyx
  3. cheiropter
  4. cheiropterous
  5. cheiropters
  6. cheiropterygia
  7. cheiropterygial
  8. cheiropterygium
  9. cheiroside
  10. cheirosophist
  11. cheirosophists

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