Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cartilaginous fish

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 2.31 in modern English

Syllables: car-ti-lagi-nous -fish
IPA

26

Scrabble Score

17

Letters

5

Syllables

13

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any member of the taxonomic class Chondrichthyes, having a skeleton made of cartilage rather than bone. They can be contrasted with the Osteichthyes or bony fishes.

Inflected Forms

cartilaginous fishes (plural)

Synonyms

chondrichthye chondrichthian

Questions

What does cartilaginous fish mean?: Any member of the taxonomic class Chondrichthyes, having a skeleton made of cartilage rather than bone. They can be contrasted with the Osteichthyes or bony fishes.

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