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selachian

American

[si-ley-kee-uhn] / sɪˈleɪ ki ən /

adjective

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

noun

a selachian fish.

selachian British

/ sɪˈleɪkɪən /

adjective

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

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noun

any fish belonging to the subclass Selachii

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Etymology

Origin of selachian

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

Example Sentences

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Of the archipallium, the portion which constitutes the olfactory lobe is well formed in the selachian fish.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 4 "Bradford, William" to "Brequigny, Louis" by Various

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