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 subclassElasmobranchii
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
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Examples
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Abstract: The freshwater sawfish Pristis microdon is a critically endangered elasmobranch. snip
Breaking News: Ontogenetic Depth 2.0! - The Panda's Thumb 2010
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Abstract: The freshwater sawfish Pristis microdon is a critically endangered elasmobranch.
Breaking News: Ontogenetic Depth 2.0! - The Panda's Thumb 2010
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This is particularly the case when elasmobranch fish such as sharks and rays, are being salted and sun dried.
Chapter 9 1982
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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
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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
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McPhie earned her master's degree on Canada's East Coast studying skates which, along with sharks and rays, are elasmobranch or cartilaginous species.
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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.
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