sarcopterygian
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Sarcopterygii + -ian.
Noun
[edit]sarcopterygian (plural sarcopterygians)
- (biology) Any lobe-finned fish of the class Sarcopterygii, including the lungfish and coelacanths.
- 2012, Winand Brinkmann, Kenneth De Baets, editors, Paleontological Museum of the University of Zürich: Exhibition Guide, Paleontological Institute and Museum of the University of Zürich, →ISBN, page 63:
- Many sarcopterygians have a lung as a respiratory organ.