1.
[syn: Crossopterygii, subclass Crossopterygii]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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.] (Zool.)
An order of ganoid fishes including among living species the
bichir (Polypterus). See Brachioganoidei.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Crossopterygii
n 1: fishes having paired fins resembling limbs and regarded as
ancestral to amphibians [syn: Crossopterygii, subclass
Crossopterygii]