a. Zool. [f. as prec. + -OUS.] Belonging to the Chondropterygii; having a cartilaginous endo-skeleton.

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1826.  Good, Bk. Nat. (1834), II. 30. In the … chondropterygious order, the gills are cartilaginous.

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1861.  J. Couch, Brit. Fishes, I. 2. Because of the softness of the skeleton in the class of chondropterygious fishes.

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