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An extensive group of teleost fishes having fins supported by flexible cartilaginous rays
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malacopterygii
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Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Malacopterygii \Mal`a*cop`te*ryg"i*i\, prop. n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. malako`s soft + pte`ryx wing, fin, fr. ptero`n feather.] (Zo["o]l.) An order of fishes in which the fin rays, except the anterior ray of the pectoral and dorsal fins, are closely jointed, ...