Chondrostei
Translingual
Etymology
From Ancient Greek χόνδρος (khóndros, “cartilage”) + ὀστέον (ostéon, “bone”).
Proper noun
Chondrostei
- A taxonomic subclass within the class Actinopterygii – the sturgeons and related fish and the bichirs.
Hypernyms
- (subclass): Animalia - kingdom; Eumetazoa - subkingdom; Bilateria, Nephrozoa - clades; Deuterostomia - superphylum; Chordata - phylum; Chordata Craniata - clade; Vertebrata - subphylum; Gnathostomata - infraphylum; Osteichthyes - superclass; Actinopterygii - class
Hyponyms
- (subclass): Acipenseriformes, Polypteriformes - orders. See
Further reading
- Chondrostei at the Tree of Life Web Project
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