crossopterygian

Questions about crossopterygian

What does crossopterygian mean?

crossopterygian means "any fish of the order Crossopterygii; most known only in fossil form".

How many syllables are in crossopterygian?

crossopterygian has 6 syllables and divides as cros-sop-te-ry-gi-an under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for crossopterygian?

Close synonyms include lobefin, lobe-finned fish. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is crossopterygian a common word?

crossopterygian is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.