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Definitions
any of numerous fishes of the class Chondrichthyes characterized by a cartilaginous skeleton and placoid scales: sharks, rays, skates
Word origin
From the (disused) genus name Selache, from Latin selachē, from the plural of Ancient Greek σέλαχος (sélakhos, “shark”).
Used in a sentence
“Fig. 4-10 shows crude apparatus which was used to make rough measurements of the vertical forces produced by selachian tails.”
“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.”
“These two tours had whetted the colonies' appetite for Royal visits, and by the turn of the century that appetite was positively selachian.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
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