| 单词 | cartilaginous fish |
| 释义 | cartilaginous fish (once / 218877 pages) n WORD FAMILY cartilaginous fish: cartilaginous fishes USAGE EXAMPLESSome scientists think of it as the "missing link" between sharks and ray, two distinct kinds of cartilaginous fish that are actually closely related. The Verge(Jan 10, 2016) “Sunfish are one of the most advanced bony fish, but they have a lot in common with cartilaginous fish. Scientific American(Nov 27, 2015) More recently, a comprehensive 2004 study found 42 carcinomas in Chondrichthyes species, the class of cartilaginous fish that encompasses sharks, skates and rays. Washington Post(Jul 17, 2015) n fishes in which the skeleton may be calcified but not ossified Syn|Hypo|Hyper chondrichthian holocephalan, holocephalian fish with high compressed head and a body tapering off into a long tail elasmobranch, selachianany of numerous fishes of the class Chondrichthyes characterized by a cartilaginous skeleton and placoid scales: sharks; rays; skates chimaeraa deep-sea fish with a tapering body, smooth skin, and long threadlike tail sharkany of numerous elongate mostly marine carnivorous fishes with heterocercal caudal fins and tough skin covered with small toothlike scales raycartilaginous fishes having horizontally flattened bodies and enlarged winglike pectoral fins with gills on the underside; most swim by moving the pectoral fins fish any of various mostly cold-blooded aquatic vertebrates usually having scales and breathing through gills |
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