CHONDRICHTHYES

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Chondrichthyes mean? 

• CHONDRICHTHYES (noun)
  The noun CHONDRICHTHYES has 1 sense:

1. cartilaginous fishes

  Familiarity information: CHONDRICHTHYES used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CHONDRICHTHYES (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Cartilaginous fishes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Chondrichthyes; class Chondrichthyes

Hypernyms ("Chondrichthyes" is a kind of...):

class ((biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders)

Meronyms (members of "Chondrichthyes"):

cartilaginous fish; chondrichthian (fishes in which the skeleton may be calcified but not ossified)

Holocephali; subclass Holocephali (chimaeras and extinct forms)

Elasmobranchii; Selachii; subclass Elasmobranchii; subclass Selachii (sharks; rays; dogfishes; skates)

Holonyms ("Chondrichthyes" is a member of...):

Craniata; subphylum Craniata; subphylum Vertebrata; Vertebrata (fishes; amphibians; reptiles; birds; mammals)