Malacopterygian

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    (zoology) Any of the obsolete order of fish Malacopterygii. archaic
  2. 2
    any fish of the superorder Malacopterygii wordnet

Synonyms

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soft finned fishsoft-finned fish

Etymology

From translingual Malacopterygii + -an.

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