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English
Etymology
From Sarcopterygii + -ian.
Noun
sarcopterygian (plural sarcopterygians)
- (biology) Any lobe-finned fish of the class Sarcopterygii, including the lungfish and coelacanths.
2012, Winand Brinkmann, Kenneth De Baets, editors, Paleontological Museum of the University of Zürich: Exhibition Guide, Paleontological Institute and Museum of the University of Zürich, →ISBN, page 63:Many sarcopterygians have a lung as a respiratory organ.
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