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cartilaginous fishes

cartilaginous fishes is the plural of cartilaginous fish.

Meaning of cartilaginous fish

Noun

cartilaginous fish (plural cartilaginous fishes or cartilaginous fish)

  1. 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.
    Synonyms:
    chondrichthye

Questions about cartilaginous fishes

What is cartilaginous fishes the plural of?
Cartilaginous fishes is the plural of cartilaginous fish.

Words near cartilaginous fishes in the dictionary

  1. cartilagino-membranous
  2. cartilaginoid
  3. cartilaginoids
  4. cartilaginous
  5. cartilaginous fish
  6. cartilaginous fishes
  7. cartilaginously
  8. cartilege
  9. cartileges
  10. cartiliginous
  11. cartilogenesis

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