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RHIPIDOPTERYGIA

\ɹˈɪpɪdˌɒptəɹˌɪd͡ʒə], \ɹˈɪpɪdˌɒptəɹˌɪd‍ʒə], \ɹ_ˈɪ_p_ɪ_d_ˌɒ_p_t_ə_ɹ_ˌɪ_dʒ_ə]\

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  • rip-i-dop-te-rij'i-a, n.pl. a superorder of teleostomous fishes.--adj. RHIPIDOPTERYG'IAN. [Gr. rhipis, a fan, pteryx, a wing.]
1908 - Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary of the English Language
By Thomas Davidson
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