Definition of Malacopterygii

1. Noun. An extensive group of teleost fishes having fins supported by flexible cartilaginous rays.


Definition of Malacopterygii

1. n. pl. An order of fishes in which the fin rays, except the anterior ray of the pectoral and dorsal fins, are closely jointed, and not spiny. It includes the carp, pike, salmon, shad, etc. Called also Malacopteri.

Medical Definition of Malacopterygii

1. An order of fishes in which the fin rays, except the anterior ray of the pectoral and dorsal fins, are closely jointed, and not spiny. It includes the carp, pike, salmon, shad, etc. Synonym: Malacopteri. Origin: NL, fr. Gr. Soft + wing, fin, fr. Feather. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Malacopterygii

malacofauna
malacofaunal
malacolite
malacolites
malacological
malacologies
malacologist
malacologists
malacology
malaconotid
malaconotids
malacopoda
malacopterygian
malacopterygians
malacopterygii (current term)
malacopterygious
malacosis
malacosteon
malacostomous
malacostraca
malacostracan
malacostracan crustacean
malacostracans
malacostracology
malacostracous
malacotic
malacotomy
malacotoon
malacozoa

Literary usage of Malacopterygii

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Animal Kingdom Arranged in Conformity with Its Organization by Georges Cuvier, Pierre André Latreille (1831)
"... Nob., whose pectoral rays are osseous, compressed, and terminated by a slightly crenated palette. . ORDER IV. malacopterygii ..."

2. Zoology: A Systematic Account of the General Structure, Habits, Instincts by William Benjamin Carpenter (1848)
"ORDER IV—malacopterygii APODA. 576. The fishes in which the ventral fins are always wanting, Form but a single natural family ; MUR.ENID. ..."

3. Reports on the Progress of Zoology and Botany, 1841, 1842 by Ray Society, Heinrich Friedrich Link (1845)
"Scarus amplus, Ranzani, lcp 324; head and back violet-brown; belly and fins bright red: Brazils. malacopterygii. J. MULLER has given important information ..."

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