Meaning | Any of numerous fishes of the class Chondrichthyes characterized by a cartilaginous skeleton and placoid scales: sharks; rays; skates. |
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Synonym | elasmobranch |
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Member of | Elasmobranchii, subclass Elasmobranchii, Selachii, subclass Selachii | sharks |
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Narrower | ray | cartilaginous fishes having horizontally flattened bodies and enlarged winglike pectoral fins with gills on the underside |
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shark | Any of numerous elongate mostly marine carnivorous fishes with heterocercal caudal fins and tough skin covered with small toothlike scales |
Broader | cartilaginous fish, chondrichthian | fishes in which the skeleton may be calcified but not ossified |
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Spanish | seláceo, selacio |
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Catalan | selaci |
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