fishopod

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Etymology

fish +‎ -o- +‎ -pod. From being fish having characteristics akin to feet.

Noun

fishopod (plural fishopods)

  1. (paleontology, ichthyology, informal) A classification of fish. The transitional forms grouped together, between earlier tetrapodomorphs and later tetrapods. A subgroup of tetrapodomorphs, as tetrapods are a subgroup of tetrapodomorph.

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