cartilaginous fish


cartilaginous fish

noun

Definition of CARTILAGINOUS FISH

: any of a class (Chondrichthyes) of fishes (as a shark, ray, or chimaera) having the skeleton wholly or largely composed of cartilage — compare bony fish, jawless fish

First Known Use of CARTILAGINOUS FISH

1769

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