单词 | pterichthyid |
释义 | pterichthyidn. Palaeontology. Now rare. A fossil fish of the former placoderm family Pterichthyidae (now Pterichthyodidae), of which Pterichthys (now Pterichthyodes) was the type. Cf. Pterichthys n. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > order Scorpaeniformes (scorpion-fish) > [noun] > family Scorpaenidae (scorpion-fishes) > genus or member of Pterichthys (fossil) Pterichthys1841 wing-fish1855 pterichthyid1863 1863 J. D. Dana Man. Geol. 279 The Pterichthyids, or ‘winged fishes’..have no caudal fin for swimming, but, instead, a pair of powerful paddles. 1908 Science 7 Feb. 202/2 We know today of no placoderm—cephalaspid, pterichthyid, coccosteid—which passed..into the Carboniferous. 1950 Evolution 4 165 The paired appendages of Bothriolepis and other pterichthyids articulated with the antero-ventro-lateral plate of the shoulder girdle. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1863 |
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