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noun
Any member of the taxonomic class Chondrichthyes, having a skeleton made of cartilage rather than bone. They can be contrasted with the Osteichthyes or bony fishes.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: chondrichthye
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noun
fishes in which the skeleton may be calcified but not ossified
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: chondrichthian
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: fish
Narrower terms: holocephalan, holocephalian, elasmobranch, selachian
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