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elpistostegids

elpistostegids is the plural of elpistostegid.

Meaning of elpistostegid

Noun

elpistostegid (plural elpistostegids)

  1. Any lobe-finned fish of the extinct family †Elpistostegidae, from the late Devonian period.
    • The recently discovered elpistostegid Tiktaalik probably already had a pair of fins, which could function like vertebrate limbs in shallow waters.2012, Winand Brinkmann, Kenneth De Baets, editors, Paleontological Museum of the University of Zürich: Exhibition Guide, Paleontological Institute and Museum of the University of Zürich, →ISBN, page...

Questions about elpistostegids

What is elpistostegids the plural of?
Elpistostegids is the plural of elpistostegid.

Words near elpistostegids in the dictionary

  1. elpidites
  2. Elpis
  3. elpistostegalian
  4. elpistostegalians
  5. elpistostegid
  6. elpistostegids
  7. ELR
  8. elranatamab
  9. elrich
  10. Elrick
  11. elrig

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