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selachian

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9 lettersPronunciation /sɪˈleɪkɪən/Part of speech nounSorted aacehilnsStarts with SEnds with N0 clues
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Definitions

  1. 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.

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