(definition) by Webster 1913 Tue Dec 21 1999 at 22:53:25

Dac`tyl*op"ter*ous (?), a. [Gr. finger + wing, fin.] Zool.

Having the inferior rays of the pectoral fins partially or entirely free, as in the gurnards.

 

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