Malacopterygian

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Malacopterygian \Mal`a*cop`ter*yg"i*an\, n. [Cf. F.
     malacopt['e]rygien.] (Zool.)
     One of the {Malacopterygii}.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  malacopterygian
       n : any fish of the superorder Malacopterygii [syn: {soft-finned
           fish}] [ant: {spiny-finned fish}]