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fishapod

fishapod noun: any of several extinct creatures of the subclass Tetrapodomorpha having features both of fish and tetrapods, especially Tiktaalik.

Noun

fishapod (plural fishapods)

  1. (informal) Any of several extinct creatures of the subclass Tetrapodomorpha having features both of fish and tetrapods, especially Tiktaalik.
    • In these conditions, ‘fishapods’, able to do push-ups on proto-limbs to gulp fresh air from just above its river habitat, would have had an edge over those relying only on gills to extract meagre oxygen from the murky water.2012, Caspar Henderson, The Book of Barely Imagined Beings, Granta Books, published 2013, page 12

Forms of fishapod

pluralfishapods
alternative formfishopod

Origin of fishapod

A blend of fish + tetrapod, Coined by American paleontologist Neil Shubin circa 2006. Analyzable as fish + -a- + -pod

Questions about fishapod

What does fishapod mean?
Fishapod means any of several extinct creatures of the subclass Tetrapodomorpha having features both of fish and tetrapods, especially Tiktaalik.
What part of speech is fishapod?
Fishapod is a noun.
What is the plural of fishapod?
The plural of fishapod is fishapods.

Words near fishapod in the dictionary

  1. fish-wrapper
  2. fish-wrappers
  3. fish-wraps
  4. fishability
  5. fishable
  6. fishapod
  7. fishapods
  8. Fishback
  9. Fishbacks
  10. fishbait
  11. fishbaits

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