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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

SELACHII

Se *la "chi *i, n. pl. Etym: [NL. , fr. Gr. (Zoöl.)

 

Defn: An order of elasmobranchs including the sharks and rays; the Plagiostomi. Called also Selacha, Selache, and Selachoidei.