• (n. pl.) A suborder of existing ganoid fishes having numerous fins along the back. The bichir, or Polypterus, is the type. See Illust. under Crossopterygian.
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Po·lyp`te·roi'de·i noun plural [ New Latin See
Polypterus , and
-oid .]
(Zoology) A suborder of existing ganoid fishes having numerous fins along the back. The bichir, or Polypterus, is the type. See
Illust. under
Crossopterygian .
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