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单词 cartilaginous fish
释义

cartilaginous fish

noun

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web Along with skates, rays, and other sharks, whale sharks belong to a group of cartilaginous fish called elasmobranchs, which do not have this bone. Jennifer Leman, Popular Mechanics, 6 Apr. 2020 Scientists have long struggled to explain why bony fishes are so small: The heaviest—the ocean sunfish—is just 2.3 metric tons, but cartilaginous fishes like whale sharks can weigh up to 34 metric tons. Colin Barras, Science | AAAS, 29 May 2018 What does a mouse have in common with a cartilaginous fish known as a little skate? Lorraine Boissoneault, Smithsonian, 9 Feb. 2018

Word History

First Known Use

1769, in the meaning defined above

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