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Selachian
//sɪˈleɪkɪən// adj, noun
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Adjective
- 1 Pertaining to (what is now classified as) the superorder Selachimorpha or division Selachii, comprising the sharks; or, sometimes more broadly, to the subclass Elasmobranchii, including sharks, rays and related species.
"Fig. 4-10 shows crude apparatus which was used to make rough measurements of the vertical forces produced by selachian tails."
- 2 Sharklike.
"These two tours had whetted the colonies' appetite for Royal visits, and by the turn of the century that appetite was positively selachian."
Noun
- 1 Any organism of the superorder Selachimorpha or subclass Elasmobranchii; an extant shark (or related species).
"However, some selachians enter freshwater and a few, like the stingray Paratrygon motoro, are even restricted to freshwater."
- 2 any of numerous fishes of the class Chondrichthyes characterized by a cartilaginous skeleton and placoid scales: sharks, rays, skates wordnet
Etymology
Etymology 1
From the (disused) genus name Selache, from Latin selachē, from the plural of Ancient Greek σέλαχος (sélakhos, “shark”).
Etymology 2
From the (disused) genus name Selache, from Latin selachē, from the plural of Ancient Greek σέλαχος (sélakhos, “shark”).
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