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Fleshy finned fishes
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diphycercal
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diph·y·cer·cal
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ˌdɪf
əˈsɜr
kəl
/
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dif-
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adjective
Ichthyology
.
having a tail or caudal fin with the spinal column extending horizontally to the end of the tail, characteristic of lungfish, several other primitive fishes, and the juvenile stage of modern bony fishes.
Compare
homocercal
,
heterocercal
.
Origin:
diphy-
double (
see
diphyodont
) +
cercal
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diphycercal
(ˌdɪfɪˈsɜːk
ə
l)
—
adj
ichthyol
of or possessing a symmetrical or pointed tail with the vertebral column extending to the tip, as in primitive fishes
[C19: from Greek
diphuēs
twofold (from
di
1
+
phuē
growth) +
kerkos
tail]
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