Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Chondrostei"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Chondrostei \Chon*dros"te*i\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. ? cartilage +
? bone.] (Zo["o]l.)
An order of fishes, including the sturgeons; -- so named
because the skeleton is cartilaginous.
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