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

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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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The fishapod," says Miller, "is one more piece of a rapidly filling jigsaw puzzle.

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First we learned of the Gospel of Judas, which sheds new light on the history of early Christianity, and then the fishapod, a pre-historic creature thought to bridge the evolution from fin to feet.

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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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