MALACOPTERYGII

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Malacopterygii mean? 

• MALACOPTERYGII (noun)
  The noun MALACOPTERYGII has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: MALACOPTERYGII used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MALACOPTERYGII (noun)

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Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Malacopterygii; superorder Malacopterygii

Hypernyms ("Malacopterygii" is a kind of...):

animal order (the order of animals)

Meronyms (members of "Malacopterygii"):

malacopterygian; soft-finned fish (any fish of the superorder Malacopterygii)

Cypriniformes; order Cypriniformes (an order of animals including almost entirely freshwater fishes: characins; loaches; carp; suckers; sometimes classified as a suborder of Ostariophysi)

order Siluriformes; Siluriformes (an order of fish belonging to the superorder Malacopterygii including catfishes)

Gadiformes; order Gadiformes (cods, haddocks, grenadiers; in some classifications considered equivalent to the order Anacanthini)

Anacanthini; order Anacanthini (at least partially equivalent to the order Gadiformes in some classifications)

Anguilliformes; order Anguilliformes; order Apodes (elongate fishes with pelvic fins and girdle absent or reduced)

Isospondyli; order Isospondyli (most primitive teleost fishes; all are soft-finned: salmon; trout; herring; shad; sardines; anchovies; whitefish; smelts; tarpon)

family Synodontidae; Synodontidae (soft-finned bottom-dwelling fishes)

Chlorophthalmidae; family Chlorophthalmidae (small family of soft-finned bottom-dwellers with large eyes; relatives of lizardfishes)

family Lampridae; Lampridae (opahs)

family Trachipteridae; Trachipteridae; family Regalecidae; Regalecidae (ribbonfishes)

Holonyms ("Malacopterygii" is a member of...):

subclass Teleostei; Teleostei (large diverse group of bony fishes; includes most living species)