'Malacopterygii' definitions:
Definition of 'Malacopterygii'
(from WordNet)
noun
An extensive group of teleost fishes having fins supported by flexible cartilaginous rays [syn: Malacopterygii, superorder Malacopterygii]
Definition of 'Malacopterygii'
From: GCIDE
- Malacopterygii \Mal`a*cop`te*ryg"i*i\, prop. n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. malako`s soft + pte`ryx wing, fin, fr. ptero`n feather.] (Zool.) An order of fishes in which the fin rays, except the anterior ray of the pectoral and dorsal fins, are closely jointed, and not spiny. It includes the carp, pike, salmon, shad, etc. Called also Malacopteri. [1913 Webster]