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Chon*drop`ter*yg"i*an (?), a. [Cf.
F. chondropterygien.] Having a cartilaginous
skeleton. -- n. One of the
Chondropterygii.

||Chon*drop`te*ryg"i*i (?), n. pl.
[NL., fr. Gr. &?; cartilage + &?;, &?;, wing, fin.]
(Zoöl.) 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.]

||Chon*dros"te*i (?), n. pl. [NL.,
fr. Gr. &?; cartilage + &?; bone.] (Zoöl.) An
order of fishes, including the sturgeons; -- so named because the
skeleton is cartilaginous.

Chon*drot"o*my (?), n. [Gr. &?; +
&?; a cutting.] (Anat.) The dissection of
cartilages.

Chon"drule (?), n. [Dim. from Gr.
&?; a grain (of wheat or spelt), cartilage.] (Min.) A
peculiar rounded granule of some mineral, usually enstatite or
chrysolite, found imbedded more or less abundantly in the mass of
many meteoric stones, which are hence called
chondrites.


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