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polypteroid

polypteroid noun: any fish of the family Polypteridae.

Noun

polypteroid (plural polypteroids)

  1. Any fish of the family Polypteridae.
    • But this seems an unnatural arrangement; although the polypteroids and acipenserids are similar in that the number of fin rays is greater than the number of their basal skeletal supports and because there is an unmistakable spiral valve in the intestine […]2018, Henry B. Bigelow, Soft-rayed Bony Fishes: Orders Acipenseroidei, Lepisostei, and Isospondyli

Forms of polypteroid

pluralpolypteroids

Questions about polypteroid

What does polypteroid mean?
Polypteroid means any fish of the family Polypteridae.
What part of speech is polypteroid?
Polypteroid is a noun.
What is the plural of polypteroid?
The plural of polypteroid is polypteroids.

Words near polypteroid in the dictionary

  1. polypsychism
  2. polypterid
  3. polypterids
  4. polypteriform
  5. polypteriforms
  6. polypteroid
  7. polypteroids
  8. polyptota
  9. polyptote
  10. polyptotes
  11. polyptoton

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