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fishapod

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[fish-uh-pahd] / ˈfɪʃ əˌpɑd /

noun

fishapods plural
  1. any extinct aquatic species that has features of both fish and tetrapods.


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The fishapod could be a link--or a strange animal.

From Time Magazine Archive

The fishapod is a valuable find as a missing link--another snapshot in a continuum of change.

From Time Magazine Archive

For those who are uncertain, however, the fishapod may be a source of enlightenment, a demonstration that we can recover ancient clues to events clearly predicted by the theory of evolution.

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It will be hard to explain away the "fishapod," as Shubin and his team nicknamed their find.

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The fishapod appears to be a crucial link in the long chain that over time led to amphibians, reptiles, dinosaurs, birds and mammals.

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