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Elasmobranch

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



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Elasmobranchii
subclass Elasmobranchii


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"Elasmobranch" Quotes from Famous Books



... the development of the vertebrae and the development of the skull. His memoir is principally devoted to comparative anatomy, but in treating of the skeleton he pays much attention to development. He describes the formation of the vertebrae in elasmobranch embryos; for the facts regarding other Vertebrates he relies largely on work by Rathke (Blennius, 1833) and Duges (1834). He recognises as the basis of his comparisons the homology of the notochord in all vertebrate embryos with the persistent notochord ...
— Form and Function - A Contribution to the History of Animal Morphology • E. S. (Edward Stuart) Russell


Words linked to "Elasmobranch" :   cartilaginous fish, Elasmobranchii, shark, Selachii, subclass Selachii, ray, subclass Elasmobranchii, chondrichthian


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