See Also: rhipidistian(dictionary)

panda (oh) and rhipidistian (iou)


panda (oh)




[Date: 1800-1900; Language: Nepali]
a large black and white animal that looks like a bear and lives in the mountains of China
a small animal with red-brown fur and a long tail that lives in the south-eastern Himalayas

rhipidistian (iou)



rhipidistian noun & adjective. E20.
[from mod. Latin Rhipidistia (see below), from Greek rhipid-, rhipis fan + histia pl. of histion sail + -AN.]
A. noun. A fossil crossopterygian fish of the group Rhipidistia, which flourished from late Devonian to early Permian times. E20.
b. adjective. Of or pertaining to (a fish of) the group Rhipidistia. E20.