Dactylopteroidei
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Dactylopteroidei
[‚dak·tə·lō·tə′rȯid·ē‚ī] (vertebrate zoology)
A suborder of marine shore fishes in the order Perciformes, characterized by tremendously expansive pectoral fins.
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