“crossopterygian”的英文意思_释义_用法

单词

crossopterygian

释义

crossopterygian, a. and n. Zool.|krɒsɒptəˈrɪdʒ(ɪ)ən|
[f. mod.L. crossopterygii or -ia (f. Gr. κροσσό-ς tassel, pl. fringe, κροσσωτός fringed + πτέρυξ, πτερύγιον fin) + -an.]
A. adj. Belonging to the sub-class Crossopterygia or sub-order Crossopterygidæ of Ganoid fishes, so called from the arrangement of the paired fins to form a fringe round a central lobe.
B. n. A fish of this class.
Most of these fishes are extinct, but the genus Polypterus is still found in the Nile and other African rivers.
1861Huxley Ess. Devonian Fishes 25 (Mem. Geol. Surv. Gt. Brit.) Thus both ends of the Crossopterygian series appear..to be cut off from the modern representatives of the suborder.Ibid., Polypterus, however, is clearly related to the rhombiferous Crossopterygians.1871― Anat. Vert. Anim. iii. 171 The most ancient Crossopterygian Ganoids.

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