Fig. 4-10 shows crude apparatus which was used to make rough measurements of the vertical forces produced by selachian tails.
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Selachian
//sɪˈleɪkɪən//
Synonyms for "selachian" (4 found)
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Bulgarian
1 entries- хрущялен adj (pertaining to the superorder Selachiformes)
Portuguese
2 entries- seláceo adj (pertaining to the superorder Selachiformes)
- seláquio adj (pertaining to the superorder Selachiformes)
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Telling selachian sharks apart from batoid skates and rays is relatively easy (with some exceptions noted below), but telling skates (rajiforms) apart from rays (myliobatiforms) can be more challenging.
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These two tours had whetted the colonies' appetite for Royal visits, and by the turn of the century that appetite was positively selachian.
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Leary frowned and then smiled his selachian smile.
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