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Webster 1913 Edition

Polypterus

Po-lypˊte-rus

,

Noun.

[NL., fr. Gr.

πολύσ

many + [GREEK] feather, wing.]

(Zool.)

An African genus of ganoid fishes including the bichir.

Definition 2024

Polypterus

Polypterus

Translingual

Proper noun

Polypterus m

A taxonomic genus within the family Polypteridae – many freshwater fish including the bichirs.

See also

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