chondropterygian
English
Etymology
Compare French chondropterygien.
Adjective
chondropterygian (comparative more chondropterygian, superlative most chondropterygian)
- Having a cartilaginous skeleton.
Noun
chondropterygian (plural chondropterygians)
- (zoology) One of the Chondropterygii.
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for chondropterygian in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)