Chon*drop`te*ryg"i*i (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. cartilage + , , wing, fin.] Zool.
A group of fishes, characterized by cartilaginous fins and skeleton. It includes both ganoids (sturgeons, etc.) and selachians (sharks), but is now often restricted to the latter.
[Written also
Chondropterygia.]
© Webster 1913.