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Definition of Selachian

1. Noun. Any of numerous fishes of the class Chondrichthyes characterized by a cartilaginous skeleton and placoid scales: sharks; rays; skates.

Definition of Selachian

1. n. One of the Selachii. See Illustration in Appendix.

Definition of Selachian

1. Adjective. (zoology) Pertaining to the genus ''Selache'', comparising various sharks; shark-like. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Selachian

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Selachian

1. One of the Selachii. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Selachian

Literary usage of Selachian

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The American Geologist by Newton Horace Winchell (1894)
"MAGNIFICUS, A NEW selachian. By EW CLAYPOLE, Akron. Ohio, (PLATE V.) Among the latest discoveries which have rewarded the persistent search of the veteran ..."

2. The Nervous System and Its Constituent Neurones: Designed for the Use of by Lewellys Franklin Barker (1899)
"Schemes of transverse sections of younger ami older selachian cm- bryos to illustrate the development of the chief ..."

3. The Anatomy of the Human Peritoneum and Abdominal Cavity: Considered from by George Sumner Huntington (1903)
"The hepatic portal system differs in two respects from the selachian type. ... The abdominal vein represents the lateral vein of the selachian and ..."

4. Proceedings of the Royal Physical Society of Edinburgh by Royal Physical Society of Edinburgh (1888)
"In the Museum of Science and Art, Edinburgh, there is a specimen from the Eskdale beds, showing the head of a small selachian, crushed vertically, ..."

5. Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science edited by Biologists Limited, The Company of. (1875)
"Although there are some difficulties in deriving the type of development exhibited by the Bird directly from that of the selachian, it is not very difficult ..."

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