Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun Any of various cartilaginous fishes of the subclass Elasmobranchii, having five to seven pairs of lateral gill slits and including the sharks, rays, and skates.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Pertaining to or having the characters of the Elasmobranchii.
  • noun A vertebrate of the group Elasmobranchii.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective (Zoöl.) Of or pertaining to the Elasmobranchii.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun Any of many cartilaginous fish of the subclass Elasmobranchii

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun any of numerous fishes of the class Chondrichthyes characterized by a cartilaginous skeleton and placoid scales: sharks; rays; skates

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[From New Latin Elasmobranchiī, subclass name : Greek elasmos, metal beaten out (from elaunein, elas-, to beat) + Latin branchia, gill; see branchia.]

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Examples

  • Abstract: The freshwater sawfish Pristis microdon is a critically endangered elasmobranch. snip

    Breaking News: Ontogenetic Depth 2.0! - The Panda's Thumb 2010

  • Abstract: The freshwater sawfish Pristis microdon is a critically endangered elasmobranch.

    Breaking News: Ontogenetic Depth 2.0! - The Panda's Thumb 2010

  • This is particularly the case when elasmobranch fish such as sharks and rays, are being salted and sun dried.

    Chapter 9 1982

  • He describes the formation of the vertebræ in elasmobranch embryos; for the facts regarding other Vertebrates he relies largely on work by

    Form and Function A Contribution to the History of Animal Morphology

  • Slime-filled canals in the creatures 'heads - known as the "ampullae of Lorenzini" - let them sniff out the electric field of bottom-feeding flatfish concealed in mud or sand, leading to a tasty treat for the prowling elasmobranch.

    The Register Team Register 2010

  • McPhie earned her master's degree on Canada's East Coast studying skates which, along with sharks and rays, are elasmobranch or cartilaginous species.

    canada.com Top Stories 2010

  • The six N-terminal amino acid residues (GVSFHP) were identical to another elasmobranch shark GRLN-LP that was recently identified although it had low identity with other GRLN peptides.

    BioMed Central - Latest articles 2009

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