noun
an extensive group of teleost fishes having fins supported by flexible cartilaginous rays
• Syn: ↑superorder Malacopterygii
• Hypernyms: ↑animal order
• Member Holonyms: ↑Teleostei, ↑subclass Teleostei
• Member Meronyms:
↑soft-finned fish, ↑malacopterygian, ↑Cypriniformes, ↑order Cypriniformes, ↑Siluriformes, ↑order Siluriformes, ↑Gadiformes, ↑order Gadiformes, ↑Anacanthini, ↑order Anacanthini, ↑Anguilliformes, ↑order Anguilliformes, ↑order Apodes, ↑Isospondyli, ↑order Isospondyli, ↑Synodontidae, ↑family Synodontidae, ↑Chlorophthalmidae, ↑family Chlorophthalmidae, ↑Lampridae, ↑family Lampridae, ↑Trachipteridae, ↑family Trachipteridae, ↑Regalecidae, ↑family Regalecidae
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Malacopterygii /mal-ə-kop-tə-rijˈi-ī/
plural noun
A soft-finned suborder of bony fishes, including herrings and salmon
ORIGIN: Gr malakos soft, and pteryx, pterygos a wing or fin
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malacopterygˈian adjective and noun
Useful english dictionary. 2012.