English Explanatory Dictionary

chondropterygian

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Having a cartilaginous skeleton.
noun
  1. Any member of the obsolete taxon Chondropterygii, which included both the cartilaginous fish (Chondrichthyes) such as sharks, rays, skates and chimaeras, and the more primitive bony fishes such as sturgeons that have some bones made of cartilage.

Word forms

chondropterygian more chondropterygian most chondropterygian chondropterygians

Etymology

Compare French chondropterygien.

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