macropoma

[Pref. macro-, and Gr. põma =a lid, a cover.] Palæont.: A genus of cro opterygious Ganoid fishes, family Coelacanth in i. It is found in the Cretaceous rocks. măc-ro-pon-i-dæ, s. pl. [Gr. makroponia =long labor; Lat. fem. pl. adj. suff. -idœ.] Ichthy .: In Profe or Owen's cla ification, the twelfth family of his Lep i dog a no ide i, a sub-order of Ganoidean fishes.