selachian

[ si-ley-kee-uhn ]

adjective

1. belonging to the Selachii, a group of fishes comprising the sharks, skates, and rays.

noun

1. a selachian fish.

selachian

/ sɪˈleɪkɪən /

adjective

1. of, relating to, or belonging to the Selachii (or Elasmobranchii ), a large subclass of cartilaginous fishes including the sharks, rays, dogfish, and skates

noun

1. any fish belonging to the subclass Selachii

Word History and Origins

Origin of selachian¹

1825–35; < New Latin Selachi ( i ) (plural) name of the order (< Greek seláchios (singular) resembling a shark, cartilaginous, adj. derivative of seláchos shark, ray) + -an

Word History and Origins

Origin of selachian¹

C19: from New Latin Selachiī, from Greek selakhē a shark; related to Greek selas brightness

Example Sentences

In other words, the position of the blastopore in the Selachian is not the same as in the Frog.

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The epiblast would necessarily overgrow the yolk uniformly on all sides and not in the unsymmetrical fashion of the Selachian egg.

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At this stage the Amphibian kidneys are nearly in the same condition as the Selachian, in the stage represented in Fig. 2.

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In Osseous fishes we probably have an embryonic condition of the Selachian kidneys retained permanently through life.

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This is the chief point in which the Amphibian kidney is more differentiated than the Selachian.

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