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Definition of cartilaginous fish in English: cartilaginous fishnoun A fish of a class distinguished by having a skeleton of cartilage rather than bone, including the sharks, rays, and chimaeras. Class Chondrichthyes: subclasses Elasmobranchii (sharks and rays) and Hoplocephali (chimaeras) Compare with bony fish Example sentencesExamples - More recent research demonstrated that none of the five invertebrates tested, nor the one cartilaginous fish had these receptors.
- An unorthodox scenario placing cartilaginous fish within bony fish has been suggested but has received no additional support.
- First appearing on Earth almost 450 million years ago, cartilaginous fish today include both fearsome predators and harmless mollusc-eaters (harmless, that is, unless you are a mollusc).
- By the late Devonian, 360 million years ago, early cartilaginous fish and bony fish were diversifying.
Definition of cartilaginous fish in US English: cartilaginous fishnoun A fish of a class distinguished by having a skeleton of cartilage rather than bone, including the sharks, rays, and chimeras. Class Chondrichthyes: subclasses Elasmobranchii (sharks and rays) and Hoplocephali (chimeras) Compare with bony fish Example sentencesExamples - By the late Devonian, 360 million years ago, early cartilaginous fish and bony fish were diversifying.
- First appearing on Earth almost 450 million years ago, cartilaginous fish today include both fearsome predators and harmless mollusc-eaters (harmless, that is, unless you are a mollusc).
- More recent research demonstrated that none of the five invertebrates tested, nor the one cartilaginous fish had these receptors.
- An unorthodox scenario placing cartilaginous fish within bony fish has been suggested but has received no additional support.
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