Australian English Meaning of malacopterygii

Soft-finned fishes

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Definitions and Meaning of malacopterygii in English

Wordnet

malacopterygii (n)

an extensive group of teleost fishes having fins supported by flexible cartilaginous rays

Webster

malacopterygii (n. pl.)

An order of fishes in which the fin rays, except the anterior ray of the pectoral and dorsal fins, are closely jointed, and not spiny. It includes the carp, pike, salmon, shad, etc. Called also Malacopteri.

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Soft-finned fishes

an extensive group of teleost fishes having fins supported by flexible cartilaginous raysAn order of fishes in which the fin rays, except the anterior ray of th

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malacopterygian => soft-finned fishes, malacopoda => malacopods, malaconotinae => malaconotinae, malacology => Malacology, malacologist => malacologist,