Definitions for elasmobranch

elasmobranch e·las·mo·branch

Spelling: [ih-las-muh-brangk, ih-laz-]
IPA: /ɪˈlæs məˌbræŋk, ɪˈlæz-/

Elasmobranch is a 12 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 25 points.

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Definitions for elasmobranch

noun

  1. an elasmobranch fish.

adjective

  1. belonging or pertaining to the Elasmobranchii, the subclass of cartilaginous fishes comprising the sharks and rays.

Origin of elasmobranch

1870-75; New Latin Elasmobranchii, equivalent to Greek elasm(ós) beaten metal (derivative of elaúnein; see elastic) + -o- -o- + -branchii, pl

Examples for elasmobranch

In this layer nuclei appear, which are equivalent to those in the elasmobranch ovum.

In the higher types the earlier changes are precisely the same as those in elasmobranch Fishes.

There are at this stage two points in which the embryo elasmobranch differs from the corresponding Amphibian embryo.

elasmobranch fishes may be taken as the type to illustrate the mode of formation of the spinal nerves.

The development of the elasmobranch excretory system has been mainly studied by Semper and myself.

It develops in elasmobranch embryos in two sections, one situated in the head, and the other in the trunk.

One of the most interesting features in the elasmobranch development is the formation of the notochord from the hypoblast.

Next in point of time to the paper of Schenk, is my own preliminary account of the development of the elasmobranch Fishes.

This difference no doubt depends upon the greater quantity of yolk particles present in the elasmobranch ovum.

In elasmobranch Fishes two distinct sets of structures are found, both of which have been called suprarenal bodies.

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