NOUN | animal | cartilaginous fish, chondrichthian | fishes in which the skeleton may be calcified but not ossified |
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Meaning | fishes in which the skeleton may be calcified but not ossified. | |
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Synonym | chondrichthian | |
Member of | Chondrichthyes, class Chondrichthyes | cartilaginous fishes |
Narrower | elasmobranch, selachian | Any of numerous fishes of the class Chondrichthyes characterized by a cartilaginous skeleton and placoid scales |
holocephalan, holocephalian | fish with high compressed head and a body tapering off into a long tail | |
Broader | fish | Any of various mostly cold-blooded aquatic vertebrates usually having scales and breathing through gills |
Spanish | pez cartilagíneo | |
Catalan | condricti, peix cartilaginós |
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