Chondrostei

plural noun

Chon·​dros·​tei

känˈdrästēˌī

: an order of Teleostomi comprising fishes having a largely cartilaginous skeleton and skin that is scaleless or bears bony bucklers and including the sturgeons, paddlefishes, and extinct related fishes compare glaniostomi , selachostomi

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from chondr- + -ostei (plural of -osteus)

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