Tiktaalik

Translingual

Etymology

From Inuktitut ᑎᒃᑖᓕᒃ (tiktaalik, “shallow-water fish, burbot”).

Pronunciation

• English: (US) IPA^(key): /tɪkˈtɑl.ɪk/

Proper noun

†Tiktaalik ?

1. A taxonomic genus within the class Sarcopterygii – a fishapod: an extinct fish which evolved to walk on land.

Hyponyms

• Tiktaalik roseae - the only known species.

References

• Tiktaalik on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Tiktaalik on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Tiktaalik on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Tiktaalik at Paleobiology Database