Associations to the word «Crossopterygian»

Noun

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Wiktionary

CROSSOPTERYGIAN, adjective. (zoology) Of or pertaining to the Crossopterygii, a class or clade of bony fish. [from 19th c.]
CROSSOPTERYGIAN, noun. (zoology) One of the Crossopterygii.

Dictionary definition

CROSSOPTERYGIAN, noun. Any fish of the order Crossopterygii; most known only in fossil form.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats