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noun
(zoology) Any of the obsolete order of fish Malacopterygii.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
any fish of the superorder Malacopterygii
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: soft-finned fish
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: teleost fish, teleost, teleostan
Narrower terms: Ostariophysi, order Ostariophysi, cypriniform fish, catfish, siluriform fish, gadoid, gadoid fish, eel, beaked salmon, sandfish, Gonorhynchus gonorhynchus, clupeid fish, clupeid, anchovy, salmonid, whitefish, smelt, tarpon, Tarpon atlanticus, bonefish, Albula vulpes, argentine, lanternfish, lizardfish, snakefish, snake-fish, greeneye, lancetfish, lancet fish, wolffish, handsaw fish, opah, moonfish, Lampris regius, New World opah, Lampris guttatus, ribbonfish, oarfish, king of the herring, Regalecus glesne
History
From translingual Malacopterygii + -an.
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