transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌkrȯ-ˌsäp-tə-ˈri-j(ē-)ən ]
noun
Etymology: New Latin Crossopterygii, subclass name, from Greek krossoi fringe + pterygion, diminutive of pteryg-, pteryx wing, fin; akin to Greek pteron wing — more at feather
Date: 1861
: any of a subclass (Crossopterygii) of bony fishes (as a coelacanth) that have paired fins suggesting limbs, that may be ancestral to the terrestrial vertebrates, and that are mostly extinct — called also lobe-fin
• crossopterygian adjective