selachian

American  

[si-ley-kee-uhn] / sɪˈleɪ ki ən /

adjective

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

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noun

1. a selachian fish.

selachian British  

/ 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

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noun

1. any fish belonging to the subclass Selachii

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

Pressed to propose a ‘real animal identity’ for the creature, Heuvelmans noted in a magazine article that it could be “some kind of gigantic eel-like selachian”, which would be a huge deal if correct.

From Scientific American

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

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