cartilaginous fishes — plural noun Fishes with a cartilaginous skeleton, including the sharks, rays and chimeras • • • Main Entry: ↑cartilage … Useful english dictionary
cartilaginous — хрящевой cartilaginous skeleton хрящевой скелет cartilaginous tissue хрящевая ткань cartilaginous fishes хрящевые рыбы … English-Russian travelling dictionary
cartilaginous — [kart′ l aj′ə nəs] adj. 1. of or like cartilage; gristly 2. having a skeleton made up mainly of cartilage, as any of a class (Chondrichthyes) of fishes (cartilaginous fish), including sharks, rays, and skates … English World dictionary
Cartilaginous — Car ti*lag i*nous, a. [L. cartilaginosus: cf. F. cartilagineux.] 1. Of or pertaining to cartilage; gristly; firm and tough like cartilage. [1913 Webster] 2. (Zo[ o]l.) Having the skeleton in the state of cartilage, the bones containing little or… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
cartilaginous fish — noun Date: 1769 any of a class (Chondrichthyes) of fishes (as a shark, ray, or chimaera) having the skeleton wholly or largely composed of cartilage compare bony fish, jawless fish … New Collegiate Dictionary
cartilaginous fish — cartilag′inous fish n. ich any of various fishes of the class Chondrichthyes, including the sharks, skates, and rays, having a skeleton composed mainly of cartilage • Etymology: 1760–70 … From formal English to slang
cartilaginous fish — noun fishes in which the skeleton may be calcified but not ossified • Syn: ↑chondrichthian • Hypernyms: ↑fish • Hyponyms: ↑holocephalan, ↑holocephalian, ↑elasmobranch, ↑selachian … Useful english dictionary
Chondrichthyes — Cartilaginous fishes Temporal range: 461–0 Ma[1] … Wikipedia
chondrichthian — /kon drik thee euhn/, n. any member of the class Chondrichthyes, comprising the cartilaginous fishes. [ < NL, equiv. to chondr CHONDR + Gk ichthýes (pl.) fish] * * * ▪ fish class Introduction class name Chondrichthyes, or Selachii any… … Universalium
fish — fishless, adj. /fish/, n., pl. (esp. collectively) fish, (esp. referring to two or more kinds or species) fishes, v. n. 1. any of various cold blooded, aquatic vertebrates, having gills, commonly fins, and typically an elongated body covered with … Universalium
