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selachian
[ si-ley-kee-uhn ]
adjective
- belonging to the Selachii, a group of fishes comprising the sharks, skates, and rays.
noun
- a selachian fish.
selachian
/ 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
noun
- any fish belonging to the subclass Selachii
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Word History and Origins
Origin of selachian1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of selachian1
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Example Sentences
In other words, the position of the blastopore in the Selachian is not the same as in the Frog.
The epiblast would necessarily overgrow the yolk uniformly on all sides and not in the unsymmetrical fashion of the Selachian egg.
At this stage the Amphibian kidneys are nearly in the same condition as the Selachian, in the stage represented in Fig. 2.
In Osseous fishes we probably have an embryonic condition of the Selachian kidneys retained permanently through life.
This is the chief point in which the Amphibian kidney is more differentiated than the Selachian.
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