actinopterygian

actinopterygian
/ak'teuh nop'teuh rij"ee euhn/, adj.
1. belonging or pertaining to the Actinopterygii, a group of bony fishes.
n.
2. an actinopterygian fish.
[ < NL Actinopterygi(i) (pl.) (actino- ACTINO- + Gk pterýgi(on) fin, equiv. to pteryg- (s. of ptéryx wing) + -ion dim. suffix) + -AN]

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