单词 | selachian |
释义 | selachian (once / 562825 pages) n WORD FAMILY selachian: selachians USAGE EXAMPLESOf the archipallium, the portion which constitutes the olfactory lobe is well formed in the selachian fish. Various, Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edit...(2010) Of all the recent vertebrata, the cartilaginous fishes, or Selachians, have most nearly preserved the form and structure of this primordial skull. Huxley, Thomas Henry, Freedom in Science and Teaching.—fr...(2010) As the shark would be a not wholly appropriate actor in the Mediterranean, its rôle is taken by its smaller Selachian relative, the dog-fish. Smith, G. Elliot, The Evolution of the Dragon(2010) n any of numerous fishes of the class Chondrichthyes characterized by a cartilaginous skeleton and placoid scales: sharks; rays; skates Syn|Hypo|Hyper elasmobranch shark any of numerous elongate mostly marine carnivorous fishes with heterocercal caudal fins and tough skin covered with small toothlike scales raycartilaginous fishes having horizontally flattened bodies and enlarged winglike pectoral fins with gills on the underside; most swim by moving the pectoral fins Hexanchus griseus, cow shark, six-gilled sharklarge primitive shark widely distributed in warm seas mackerel sharkfierce pelagic and oceanic sharks Alopius vulpinus, fox shark, thrasher, thresher, thresher sharklarge pelagic shark of warm seas with a whiplike tail used to round up small fish on which to feed Orectolobus barbatus, carpet sharkshark of the western Pacific with flattened body and mottled skin Ginglymostoma cirratum, nurse sharksmall bottom-dwelling shark of warm shallow waters on both coasts of North America and South America and from southeast Asia to Australia Carcharias taurus, Odontaspis taurus, sand shark, sand tigershallow-water shark with sharp jagged teeth found on both sides of Atlantic; sometimes dangerous to swimmers Rhincodon typus, whale sharklarge spotted shark of warm surface waters worldwide; resembles a whale and feeds chiefly on plankton cat sharksmall bottom-dwelling sharks with cat-like eyes; found along continental slopes requiem sharkany of numerous sharks from small relatively harmless bottom-dwellers to large dangerous oceanic and coastal species dogfishany of several small sharks hammerhead, hammerhead sharkmedium-sized live-bearing shark with eyes at either end of a flattened hammer-shaped head; worldwide in warm waters; can be dangerous Squatina squatina, angel shark, angelfish, monkfishsharks with broad flat bodies and winglike pectoral fins but that swim the way sharks do crampfish, electric ray, numbfish, torpedoany sluggish bottom-dwelling ray of the order Torpediniformes having a rounded body and electric organs on each side of the head capable of emitting strong electric discharges sawfishprimitive ray with sharp teeth on each edge of a long flattened snout guitarfishprimitive tropical bottom-dwelling ray with a guitar-shaped body stingraylarge venomous ray with large barbed spines near the base of a thin whiplike tail capable of inflicting severe wounds eagle raypowerful free-swimming tropical ray noted for `soaring' by flapping winglike fins; usually harmless but has venomous tissue near base of the tail as in stingrays devilfish, manta, manta rayextremely large pelagic tropical ray that feeds on plankton and small fishes; usually harmless but its size make it dangerous if harpooned skatelarge edible rays having a long snout and thick tail with pectoral fins continuous with the head; swim by undulating the edges of the pectoral fins cartilaginous fish, chondrichthian fishes in which the skeleton may be calcified but not ossified |
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