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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Polypteroidei

· Po·lyp·te·roi·de·i · IPA
01 n. pl. A suborder of existing ganoid fishes having numerous fins along the back. The bichir, or Polypterus, is the type. See Illust. under Crossop…
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    A suborder of existing ganoid fishes having numerous fins along the back. The bichir, or Polypterus, is the type. See Illust. under Crossopterygian.(Zool.) See: Crossopterygian