RHIPIDISTIA


Meaning of RHIPIDISTIA in English

ˌripəˈdistēə noun plural

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from rhipid- + Greek histia, plural of histion sail; akin to Greek histanai to cause to stand — more at stand

: an order of extinct crossopterygian fishes that have the basal bones of the median fins united into one mass — see holoptychiidae , osteolepidae

• rhip·i·dis·ti·an | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷|distēən adjective or noun

• rhip·i·dis·tid -tə̇d adjective or noun

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