elasmobranch

Questions about elasmobranch

What is another word for elasmobranch?

It depends which elasmobranch you mean. In the sense “any of numerous fishes of the class Chondrichthyes characterized by a cartilaginous skeleton and placoid scales: sharks; rays; skates”, the synonyms are selachian. Across all 1 sense there are 1 distinct synonyms, and they are not interchangeable with each other — this page lists them under the sense each one belongs to.

What is the opposite of elasmobranch?

WordNet records no antonym for elasmobranch. Antonymy in WordNet is a relation between specific word forms rather than between concepts, so it is recorded only where lexicographers judged the pairing direct. An absence here means none was recorded, not that none can be imagined.

Where do the synonyms for elasmobranch come from?

From Princeton University's WordNet, a lexical database maintained by lexicographers since 1985. A synonym here means a word form that shares a synset with this word — a set of forms interchangeable in one recorded context. Nothing on this page is generated by a language model.

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• Full entry for elasmobranchAll 1 sense, with examples, usage labels, syllables and pronunciation.
• Rhymes for elasmobranchWhether this word can be rhymed at all — it is not in the pronouncing dictionary.
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