- archistia
- ar·chis·tia
English syllables. 2014.
archistia
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archistia — ärˈkistēə noun plural Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, from archi + istia (as in Cladistia) : an order of primitive Paleozoic ganoid fishes of moderate size superficially resembling modern herrings but having heterocercal tails, the… … Useful english dictionary
cladistia — kləˈdistēə noun plural Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, from clad + istia (from Greek histia, plural of histion web, cloth, sail, from histanai to make stand, stand) more at stand : an order of Teleostomi comprising primitive bony… … Useful english dictionary
platysomidae — ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˈsäməˌdē, sōm noun plural Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, from Platysomus, type genus (from Greek platysōmos broad bodied, from platy + sōma body) + idae more at some : a family of Carboniferous and Permian ganoid fishes (order… … Useful english dictionary
subholostei — “+ noun plural Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, from sub + Holostei in some classifications : an order comprising ganoid fishes that are generally more primitive than the Holostei and being more or less equivalent to the order Archistia … Useful english dictionary
