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肉鰭綱 (nikukikou) Japanese meaning: Sarcopterygii | Kotomora

肉にく鰭き綱こう

Meanings

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Sarcopterygii; lobe-finned fishes

Taxonomic class name used in biology; refers to the group of bony fish with fleshy, lobed fins, including coelacanths and lungfish.

肉にく鰭き綱こうにはシーラカンスやハイギョが含ふくまれる。
Sarcopterygii includes coelacanths and lungfish.

Kanji

肉meat
鰭fin
綱hawser, class (genus), rope

Etymology

Compound of 肉 (niku, 'flesh'), 鰭 (ki, 'fin'), and 綱 (kō, 'class'), a direct calque of the scientific name Sarcopterygii (from Greek sarkos 'flesh' + pteryx 'fin').