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Fishes having paired fins resembling limbs and regarded as ancestral to amphibians
Answer for the clue "Fishes having paired fins resembling limbs and regarded as ancestral to amphibians ", 14 letters:
crossopterygii
Word definitions for crossopterygii in dictionaries
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Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
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.] (Zo["o]l.) An order of ganoid fishes including among living species the bichir ( Polypterus ). See Brachioganoidei .
Usage examples of crossopterygii.
Whereas on earth, one group of fishes, the Crossopterygii, made the transition from water to land, on Krishna two groups did it: the Tetrapoda, which have remained oviparous although they include the hominoid species, and the Hexapoda, who early developed viviparity.