HyperDic: cartilaginous_fish

English > 1 sense of the expression cartilaginous fish:
NOUNanimalcartilaginous fish, chondrichthianfishes in which the skeleton may be calcified but not ossified
English > cartilaginous fish: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaningfishes in which the skeleton may be calcified but not ossified.
Synonymchondrichthian
Member ofChondrichthyes, class Chondrichthyescartilaginous fishes
Narrowerelasmobranch, selachianAny of numerous fishes of the class Chondrichthyes characterized by a cartilaginous skeleton and placoid scales
holocephalan, holocephalianfish with high compressed head and a body tapering off into a long tail
BroaderfishAny of various mostly cold-blooded aquatic vertebrates usually having scales and breathing through gills
Spanishpez cartilagíneo
Catalancondricti, peix cartilaginós

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