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adj
Pertaining to (what is now classified as) the superorder Selachimorpha or division Selachii, comprising the sharks; or, sometimes more broadly, to the subclass Elasmobranchii, including sharks, rays and related species.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, natural-sciences, zoology
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adj
Sharklike.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Any organism of the superorder Selachimorpha or subclass Elasmobranchii; an extant shark (or related species).
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Topics: biology, natural-sciences, zoology
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noun
any of numerous fishes of the class Chondrichthyes characterized by a cartilaginous skeleton and placoid scales: sharks; rays; skates
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: elasmobranch
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Broader terms: cartilaginous fish, chondrichthian
Narrower terms: shark, ray
History
From the (disused) genus name Selache, from Latin selachē, from the plural of Ancient Greek σέλαχος (sélakhos, “shark”).
Across languages
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