Palaeichthyes
plural noun
Palae·ich·thy·es
Definition of Palaeichthyes
in some classifications
: a subclass of fishes consisting of the elasmobranchs, ganoids, dipnoans, and crossopterygians
palaeichthyic
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Origin and Etymology of palaeichthyes
New Latin, from pale- + Greek ichthyes, plural of ichthys fish — more at ichthus
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