Definitions for selachian

selachian se·la·chi·an

Spelling: [si-ley-kee-uh n]
IPA: /sɪˈleɪ ki ən/

Selachian is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 498 anagrams from letters in selachian (aacehilns).

Definitions for selachian

noun

  1. a selachian fish.

adjective

  1. belonging to the Selachii, a group of fishes comprising the sharks, skates, and rays.

Origin of selachian

1825-35; New Latin Selachi(i) (plural) name of the order (Greek seláchios (singular) resembling a shark, cartilaginous, adj. derivative of seláchos shark, ray) + -an

Examples for selachian

The hepatic portal system differs in two respects from the selachian type.

The end result is an amphicoelous or biconcave centrum in general appearance much like that of the selachian.

The epiblast would necessarily overgrow the yolk uniformly on all sides and not in the unsymmetrical fashion of the selachian egg.

A selachian, the common skate (Raja ocellata) or dog-fish (Acanthias vulgaris).

In Osseous fishes we probably have an embryonic condition of the selachian kidneys retained permanently through life.

At this stage the Amphibian kidneys are nearly in the same condition as the selachian, in the stage represented in Fig. 2.

The comparison of this system with that of a selachian is very simple.

In other words, the position of the blastopore in the selachian is not the same as in the Frog.

The selachian portal vein represents the united vitelline veins, into which the veins of the digestive tract open.

The abdominal vein represents the lateral vein of the selachian and corresponds to the umbilical vein of the higher vertebrates.

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