Crossopterygii
Cros*sop`te*ryg"i*i\ (kr?s-s?p`t?-r?j?-?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. ??? tassels, a fringe + ?????, dim. of ???? wing, fin.] (Zo["o]l.) An order of ganoid fishes including among living species the bichir (Polypterus). See Brachioganoidei.| crossopterygii | |
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| fishes having paired fins resembling limbs and regarded as ancestral to amphibians |