What does lobe-finned fish mean?

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

What is another word for lobe-finned fish?

Close synonyms include crossopterygian, lobefin. 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 lobe-finned fish a common word?

lobe-finned fish 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.

lobe-finned fish — meaning, pronunciation and definition

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any fish of the order Crossopterygii; most known only in fossil form
Synonymscrossopterygian lobefin
Broaderbony fish
Narrowercoelacanth
Part ofCrossopterygii

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