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mesopterygium

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

The middle one of the three main basal plates in the fins of certain fishes.

Word forms

mesopterygium mesopterygia

Etymology

Ancient Greek meso- middle + a fin.

Related words

mesopterygial mesopterygoid

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