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chondrichthyan

Meaning of "chondrichthyan" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD CHONDRICHTHYAN

New Latin, from Greek khondros grain, cartilage + ikhthus fish.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF CHONDRICHTHYAN

kɒnˈdrɪkθɪən


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CHONDRICHTHYAN

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Chondrichthyan is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES CHONDRICHTHYAN MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Chondrichthyes

Chondrichthyes or cartilaginous fishes are jawed fish with paired fins, paired nares, scales, a heart with its chambers in series, and skeletons made of cartilage rather than bone. The class is divided into two subclasses: Elasmobranchii and Holocephali. Within the infraphylum Gnathostomata, cartilaginous fishes are distinct from all other jawed vertebrates, the extant members of which all fall into Teleostomi.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH CHONDRICHTHYAN

apocynthion · Corinthian · Erechtheion · Galbraithian · Hogarthian · labyrinthian · nepenthean · orthian · osteichthyan · Parthian · pericynthion · Promethean · Pythian · Reithean · Reithian · Xanthian

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CHONDRICHTHYAN

chondral · chondrification · chondrified · chondrifies · chondrify · chondrin · chondriosomal · chondriosome · chondrite · chondritic · chondritis · chondroblast · chondrocranium · chondrogenesis · chondroid · chondroitin · chondroma · chondromata · chondromatosis · chondromatous

WORDS THAT END LIKE CHONDRICHTHYAN

Aryan · banyan · Bisayan · Bunyan · cyan · dayan · geyan · Himalayan · Indo-Aryan · Kenyan · Libyan · Malayan · Mayan · minyan · Narayan · Paraguayan · Trevelyan · Uruguayan · Visayan · Wesleyan

Synonyms and antonyms of chondrichthyan in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «chondrichthyan» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CHONDRICHTHYAN

Find out the translation of chondrichthyan to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of chondrichthyan from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «chondrichthyan» in English.
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chondrichthyan
1,325 millions of speakers
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condrictios
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chondrichthyan
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chondrichthyan
380 millions of speakers
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chondrichthyan
280 millions of speakers
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chondrichthyan
278 millions of speakers
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chondrichthyan
270 millions of speakers
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chondrichthyan
260 millions of speakers
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chondrichtyens
220 millions of speakers
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Chondrichthyan
190 millions of speakers
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Knorpel
180 millions of speakers
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chondrichthyan
130 millions of speakers
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chondrichthyan
85 millions of speakers
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Singkawang
85 millions of speakers
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chondrichthyan
80 millions of speakers
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chondrichthyan
75 millions of speakers
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चोंड्रिथिथयन
75 millions of speakers
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kıkırdaklı
70 millions of speakers
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Condritti
65 millions of speakers
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chondrichthyan
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chondrichthyan
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chondrichthyan
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χονδριχθύων
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chondrichthyan
14 millions of speakers
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chondrichthyan
10 millions of speakers
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chondrichthyan
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of chondrichthyan

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CHONDRICHTHYAN»

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about chondrichthyan

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CHONDRICHTHYAN»

Discover the use of chondrichthyan in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to chondrichthyan and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Special Issue: Age and Growth of Chondrichthyan Fishes: New ...
This volume is a collection of papers on several of these topics that include new hard parts (e.g. caudal thorns) for assessments of age, new techniques for validation (e.g. bomb radiocarbon) and reexaminations of previous age and growth ...
John K. Carlson, Kenneth J. Goldman, 2007
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Biology of Sharks and Their Relatives, Second Edition
This second edition of the award winning and groundbreaking original exploration of the fundamental elements of the taxonomy, systematics, physiology, and ecology of sharks, skates, rays, and chimera, presents cohesive and integrated ...
Jeffrey C. Carrier, John A. Musick, Michael R. Heithaus, 2012
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Sharks and Their Relatives: Ecology and Conservation
The over l,000 species of chondrichthyan (cartilaginous) fishes include the sharks (c. 400 species, not all described), batoid fishes (including skates, stingrays, guitarfishes and sawfishes - c. 600 species, not all described), and chimaeroid ...
Merry Camhi, 1998
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Special Issue: Age and Growth of Chondrichthyan Fishes : New ...
This volume is a collection of papers on several of these topics that include new hard parts (e.g. caudal thorns) for assessments of age, new techniques for validation (e.g. bomb radiocarbon) and reexaminations of previous age and growth ...
John K. Carlson, Kenneth J. Goldman, 2006
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Elasmobranch Biodiversity, Conservation and Management: ...
Chondrichthyan fish are caught in targeted fisheries or as bycatch. The former is of a much smaller volume compared to incidental bycatch although it is not possible to accurately compare the two. The trade in sharks includes live specimens, ...
Sarah L. Fowler, Tim M. Reed, Frances Dipper, 2002
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The Skull, Volume 2: Patterns of Structural and Systematic ...
The relationship between acanthodians and chondrichthyans is a subset of the teleostome-chondrichthyan relationship. Nelson (1968) favored such a relationship based on two features of gill arches — viz., their posterior position and ...
James Hanken, Brian K. Hall, 1993
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Advances In Marine Biology
4. Chondrichthyan. Extinction. Risk. Given acceleration in species loss globally due mainly to humanmediated changes to the biosphere, there has been a growing interest in identifying and ranking the species characteristics and ...
‎2009
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Paleobiology of the Williamsburg Formation (Black Mingo ...
5. Chondrichthyan. Fishes. from. the. Paleocene. of. South. Carolina. Robert W. Purdy Department of Paleobiology National Museum of Natural History, Washington, D.C. 20560 Abstract At St. Stephen, Berkeley County, South Carolina, ...
Albert E. Sanders, 1998
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Biology of Skates
Overall, the total number of skate species represents over 22% of all known chondrichthyan species and about 43% of all batoids. The high degree of biodiversity and endemism exhibited by skates is somewhat enigmatic given their relatively ...
David A. Ebert, James A. Sulikowski, 2008
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Overview of the Conservation Status of Cartilaginous Fishes ...
Table. 3.1. cont'd. Summary. of. the. regional. and. global. IUCN. Red. List. status. of. all. Mediterranean. chondrichthyan. fish. species. Table 3.2 Summary of numbers of Mediterranean species assigned to 8. Threatened Status Global ...
Rachel D. Cavanagh, Claudine Gibson, IUCN Species Survival Commission, 2007

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CHONDRICHTHYAN»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term chondrichthyan is used in the context of the following news items.
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We've only monitored a fraction of the Barrier Reef's species
He is an executive officer of the Oceania Chondrichthyan Society, a scientific organisation promoting the research and sustainable use of ... «The Conversation AU, May 15»
2
Ancient fossil could change the evolutionary theory of fish origins
In fact, certain features of the braincase actually look a lot more like those in early chondrichthyan species. Because this fish's head seems to ... «The Star Online, Jan 15»
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Creatures Lurking in the Deep Ocean Are Big But How Big? Now …
Based on the researchers' study, the largest chondrichthyan, the whale shark can grow up to 18.8 meters; the Basking shark, the biggest ... «Tech Times, Jan 15»
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The rise of jaws? Tiny fossil sheds light on fishy origins
“Janusiscus presents an unexpected suite of osteichthyan, chondrichthyan and generalized gnathostome traits,” the study authors wrote. «Los Angeles Times, Jan 15»
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The 300th article at Tet Zoo ver 3 is very weird
... black hearts), the gigantic chondrichthyan section is nearly finished, and the also gigantic actinopterygian is finished and currently in review. «Scientific American, Dec 14»
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A Blacklight for Bioinformatics
The aim of the project is to sequence and analyze the genome of the little skate, a chondrichthyan fish that evolved about 450 million years ago, and is one of the ... «GenomeWeb, Nov 14»
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Watch the Sharks International 2014 Keynote Presentations!
Southern African (including Nambia, South Africa, and Mozambique) has one of the most diverse Chondrichthyan faunas with all 13 orders and ... «Southern Fried Science, Sep 14»
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The global internet is being attacked by sharks, google confirms
Anyone with a dual expertise in chondrichthyan behavior and electrical engineering is warmly invited to offer a more compelling explanation in ... «New Zealand Herald, Aug 14»
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New to Nature No 128: Aetobatus narutobiei
Among marine animals, few groups face greater threats of extinction than chondrichthyan fishes – sharks, skates, rays and chimaeras. «The Guardian, Jul 14»
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Fossils suggest modern sharks are better predators than ancestors
The fossil is "the earliest identified chondrichthyan in which the complete gill skeleton is three-dimensionally preserved in its natural position," ... «Tech Times, Apr 14»
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