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noun
Any of several extinct creatures of the subclass Tetrapodomorpha having features both of fish and tetrapods, especially Tiktaalik.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal
Topics: biology, history, human-sciences, natural-sciences, paleontology, sciences
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History
A blend of fish + tetrapod, Coined by American paleontologist Neil Shubin circa 2006. Analyzable as fish + -a- + -pod
