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protacanthopterygian

protacanthopterygian adjective: of or from the superorder Protacanthopterygii of ray-finned fish.

Adjective

protacanthopterygian (not comparable)

  1. Of or from the superorder Protacanthopterygii of ray-finned fish.
    • Rosen (1973) separated the stomiiforms (= Stomiatoidei) from other protacanthopterygian groups, placing them as the sister-group of all other neoteleosts (Eurypterygii).1996, Antony S. Harold, “Interrelationships of Stomiiform Fishes”, in Melanie L.J. Stiassny, editor, Interrelationships of Fishes, page 333

Noun

protacanthopterygian (plural protacanthopterygians)

  1. A fish of this superorder.

Forms of protacanthopterygian

pluralprotacanthopterygians

Questions about protacanthopterygian

What does protacanthopterygian mean?
Protacanthopterygian means of or from the superorder Protacanthopterygii of ray-finned fish.
What part of speech is protacanthopterygian?
Protacanthopterygian can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near protacanthopterygian in the dictionary

  1. prosyllogistic
  2. prot
  3. prot-
  4. Prot.
  5. protacadherin
  6. protacanthopterygian
  7. protacanthopterygians
  8. protachykinin
  9. protachykinins
  10. protacrodont
  11. protacrodonts

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