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Webster 1913 Edition
Chondrostei
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Chon-dros′te-i
,Noun.
pl.
[NL., fr. Gr. [GREEK] cartilage + [GREEK] bone.]
(Zool.)
An order of fishes, including the sturgeons; – so named because the skeleton is cartilaginous.
Definition 2024
Chondrostei
Chondrostei
Translingual
Proper noun
Chondrostei
- A taxonomic subclass within the class Actinopterygii – the sturgeons and related fish and the bichirs.
Hypernyms
- (subclass): Animalia - kingdom; Eumetazoa - subkingdom; Bilateria, Nephrozoa - clades; Deuterostomia - superphylum; Chordata - phylum; Chordata Craniata - clade; Vertebrata - subphylum; Gnathostomata - infraphylum; Osteichthyes - superclass; Actinopterygii - class
Hyponyms
- (subclass): Acipenseriformes, Polypteriformes - orders. See
Chondrostei on Wikipedia.Wikipedia for the many extinct orders.