Fishapod
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Fishapod is a noun meaning (informal, paleontology) Any of several extinct creatures of the subclass Tetrapodomorpha having features both of fish and tetrapods, especially Tiktaalik.
Meaning
(informal, paleontology) Any of several extinct creatures of the subclass Tetrapodomorpha having features both of fish and tetrapods, especially Tiktaalik.
Example Sentences
In these conditions, ‘fishapods’, able to do push-ups on proto-limbs to gulp fresh air from just above its river habitat, would have had an edge over those relying only on gills to extract meagre oxygen from the murky water.
Word Forms
- fishapods
- fishopod
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include paleofish, devilfish, dapediid, titanichthyid, aplodactylid, tetraodontiform.
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