Isospondyli

plural noun

Iso·​spon·​dy·​li
: a large order of teleost fishes that is the most primitive group of teleosts and that includes about 50 living families (as of the herrings and salmons) whose fishes have soft-rayed fins, an air bladder connected with the alimentary canal by a duct, abdominal pelvic fins, the anterior vertebrae unmodified and similar to the others, and usually a mesocoracoid or precoracoid arch
isospondylous
¦⸗⸗¦⸗dələs
adjective

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from is- + -spondyli

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“Isospondyli.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Isospondyli. Accessed 19 Mar. 2024.

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