cartilaginous fish

Noun
  1. Fishes in which the skeleton may be calcified but not ossified (synset 101483157)
    is a type of: fish - any of various mostly cold-blooded aquatic vertebrates usually having scales and breathing through gills
    subtypes:
    • 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
    belongs to: chondrichthyes, class chondrichthyes - cartilaginous fishes
    same as: chondrichthian

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