Meanings
nouncartilaginous fish (plural cartilaginous fishes or cartilaginous fish)
plural cartilaginous fishes
- 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
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAny 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.
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Translations
Catalan peix cartilaginós
- peix cartilaginóscartilaginous fish
Chinese Mandarin 軟骨魚 /软骨鱼
- 軟骨魚 /软骨鱼 (ruǎngǔyú)cartilaginous fish
Czech paryba
- parybacartilaginous fish
Danish bruskfisk
- bruskfiskcartilaginous fish
Finnish rustokala
- rustokalacartilaginous fish
German Knorpelfisch
- Knorpelfischcartilaginous fish
Hungarian porcos hal
- porcos halcartilaginous fish
Russian хрящева́я ры́ба
- хрящева́я ры́ба (xrjaščevája rýba)cartilaginous fish
Slovak paryba, paryby
- parybacartilaginous fish
- parybycartilaginous fish
Swedish broskfisk
- broskfiskcartilaginous fish
Thai ปลากระดูกอ่อน
- ปลากระดูกอ่อน (bplaa-grà-dùuk-ɔ̀ɔn)cartilaginous fish
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