Chondrostei

Translingual

Etymology

From Ancient Greek χόνδρος (khóndros, “cartilage”) + ὀστέον (ostéon, “bone”).

Proper noun

Chondrostei

1. A taxonomic class within the phylum Chordata – the sturgeons and related fish and the bichirs.

Hypernyms

• (subclass): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata - subphylum; Gnathostomata - infraphylum; Actinopterygii - superclass

Hyponyms

• (class): Acipenseriformes - sole order; see Chondrostei on WikipediaWikipedia for the many extinct orders.

References

• Chondrostei on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Chondrostei on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Chondrostei on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Chondrostei at the Tree of Life Web Project