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Extinct lungfish
Answer for the clue "Extinct lungfish ", 9 letters:
ceratodus
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Ceratodus (Greek for "horned tooth") was a wide-ranging genus of extinct lungfish . Fossil evidence dates back to the Middle Triassic 228 million years ago. A wide range of fossil species from different time periods have been found around the world in places ...
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n. extinct lungfish
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Ceratodus \Ce*rat"o*dus\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ke`ras, ke`ratos horn + ? tooth.] (Zo["o]l.) A genus of ganoid fishes, of the order Dipnoi, first known as Mesozoic fossil fishes; but recently two living species have been discovered in Australian rivers. They ...
Usage examples of ceratodus.
He also found “a gigantic vertebra from a bony fish” and, nearby, “a large black Ceratodus [lungfish] tooth.