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osteoglossomorph

osteoglossomorph noun: any fish of the superorder Osteoglossomorpha.

Noun

osteoglossomorph (plural osteoglossomorphs)

  1. Any fish of the superorder Osteoglossomorpha.
    • Postcranial pneumaticity is absent in all other extant vertebrates with the known exceptions of osteoglossomorph fish and the hyoid bone in howler monkeys.2015 December 19, “Vertebral Pneumaticity in the Ornithomimosaur Archaeornithomimus (Dinosauria: Theropoda) Revealed by Computed Tomography Imaging and Reappraisal of Axial Pneumaticity in...

Forms of osteoglossomorph

pluralosteoglossomorphs

Questions about osteoglossomorph

What does osteoglossomorph mean?
Osteoglossomorph means any fish of the superorder Osteoglossomorpha.
What part of speech is osteoglossomorph?
Osteoglossomorph is a noun.
What is the plural of osteoglossomorph?
The plural of osteoglossomorph is osteoglossomorphs.

Words near osteoglossomorph in the dictionary

  1. osteoglossiforms
  2. osteoglossin
  3. osteoglossins
  4. osteoglossoid
  5. osteoglossoids
  6. osteoglossomorph
  7. osteoglossomorphs
  8. osteoglycin
  9. osteographer
  10. osteographers
  11. osteographies

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