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Cranium :: Cranium (n.) The skull of an animal; especially, that part of the skull, either cartilaginous or bony, which immediately incloses the brain; the brain case or brainpan. See Skull..

Chondroganoidea :: Chondroganoidea (n.) An order of ganoid fishes, including the sturgeons; -- so called on account of their cartilaginous skeleton..

Hyoid :: Hyoid (a.) Of or pertaining to the bony or cartilaginous arch which supports the tongue. Sometimes applied to the tongue itself.

Fibrochondrosteal :: Fibrochondrosteal (a.) Partly fibrous, partly cartilaginous, and partly osseous..

Sternum :: Sternum (n.) A plate of cartilage, or a series of bony or cartilaginous plates or segments, in the median line of the pectoral skeleton of most vertebrates above fishes; the breastbone..

Parachordal :: Parachordal (a.) Situated on either side of the notochord; -- applied especially to the cartilaginous rudiments of the skull on each side of the anterior part of the notochord.

Enchondroma :: Enchondroma (n.) A cartilaginous tumor growing from the interior of a bone.

Chondrostei :: Chondrostei (n. pl.) An order of fishes, including the sturgeons; -- so named because the skeleton is cartilaginous..

Sclerotome :: Sclerotome (n.) One of the bony, cartilaginous, or membranous partitions which separate the myotomes..

Sturiones :: Sturgeon (n.) Any one of numerous species of large cartilaginous ganoid fishes belonging to Acipenser and allied genera of the family Acipenseridae. They run up rivers to spawn, and are common on the coasts and in the large rivers and lakes of North America, Europe, and Asia. Caviare is prepared from the roe, and isinglass from the air bladder..

Cartilaginous :: Cartilaginous (a.) Having the skeleton in the state of cartilage, the bones containing little or no calcareous matter; said of certain fishes, as the sturgeon and the sharks..

Skeleton :: Skeleton (n.) The bony and cartilaginous framework which supports the soft parts of a vertebrate animal.

Placoganoidei :: Placoganoidei (n. pl.) A division of ganoid fishes including those that have large external bony plates and a cartilaginous skeleton.

Chondropterygian :: Chondropterygian (a.) Having a cartilaginous skeleton.

Sclerotic :: Sclerotic (a.) Hard; firm; indurated; -- applied especially in anatomy to the firm outer coat of the eyeball, which is often cartilaginous and sometimes bony..

Subcaudal :: Subcartilaginous (a.) Partially cartilaginous.

Epicoracoid :: Epicoracoid (n.) A ventral cartilaginous or bony element of the coracoid in the shoulder girdle of some vertebrates.

Chimaera :: Chimaera (n.) A cartilaginous fish of several species, belonging to the order Holocephali. The teeth are few and large. The head is furnished with appendages, and the tail terminates in a point..

Intercartilaginous :: Intercartilaginous (a.) Within cartilage; endochondral; as, intercartilaginous ossification..

Cephalostyle :: Cephalostyle (n.) The anterior end of the notochord and its bony sheath in the base of cartilaginous crania.

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