acanthopterygiousadj.
/ˌakənˌθɒptəˈrɪdʒɪəs/, U.S. /ˌækənˌθɑptəˈrɪdʒiəs/ Zoology. Now disused.
Ray-finned; = acanthopterygian adj.
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acanthopterygious1753
acanthopterygian1833
actinopterygian1890
1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. Chætodon..,the name of a genus of acanthopterygious fishes.
1833 Pen. Cycl. at Acanthopterygii M. Cuvier divided the Acanthopterygious Fishes into fifteen families.
1848 S. Maunder Treasury Nat. Hist. 748/2 Wrasse (Labrus.), there are several species of this Acanthopterygious fish, viz...the Cook Wrasse or Blue-striped Wrasse (L. variegatus), the Comber Wrasse (L. comber).
1889 A. Sheeley Anecd. & Humors School Life 75 ‘It's a fine specimen of the gasterosteus aculeatas [sic] of the acanthopterygious family.’ ‘No 'taint, you old fool; it's a tickle-back thucker.’
1902 Twentieth Cent. Cycl. V. 372/2 Mailed-cheeks, a name given to the Sclerogenidæ or Triglidæ, a family of acanthopterygious fishes.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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