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selachian

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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

SELACHIAN

SELACHIAN Se *la "chi *an, n. (Zoöl.)

Defn: One of the Selachii. See Illustration in Appendix.

New American Oxford Dictionary

selachian

se la chi an |səˈlākēən səˈleɪkiən |Zoology ▶noun an elasmobranch fish of a group that comprises the sharks and dogfishes. [The former group Selachii, subclass Elasmobranchii: now treated as one, two, or three superorders. ] ▶adjective of or relating to the selachians. ORIGIN mid 19th cent.: from modern Latin Selachii (from Greek selakhos ‘shark ’) + -an .

Oxford Dictionary

selachian

selachian |sɪˈleɪkɪən |Zoology ▶noun an elasmobranch fish of a group that comprises the sharks and dogfishes. ●The former group Selachii, subclass Elasmobranchii: now treated as one, two, or three superorders. ▶adjective relating to the selachians. ORIGIN mid 19th cent.: from modern Latin Selachii (from Greek selakhos ‘shark ’) + -an .