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CARTILAGINOUS FISH
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Fishes in which the skeleton may be calcified but not ossified
Synonyms:
cartilaginous fish; chondrichthian
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("cartilaginous fish" is a kind of...):
fish (any of various mostly cold-blooded aquatic vertebrates usually having scales and breathing through gills)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "cartilaginous fish"):
holocephalan; holocephalian (fish with high compressed head and a body tapering off into a long tail)
elasmobranch; selachian (any of numerous fishes of the class Chondrichthyes characterized by a cartilaginous skeleton and placoid scales: sharks; rays; skates)
Holonyms ("cartilaginous fish" is a member of...):
Chondrichthyes; class Chondrichthyes (cartilaginous fishes)
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