selachian

1. 1.

   any of numerous fishes of the class Chondrichthyes characterized by a cartilaginous skeleton and placoid scales: sharks; rays; skates

   Synonymselasmobranch

   Broadercartilaginous fish

   Narrowersharkray

   Part ofElasmobranchii

Other forms of selachian

plural

selachians·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about selachian

What does selachian mean?

selachian means "any of numerous fishes of the class Chondrichthyes characterized by a cartilaginous skeleton and placoid scales: sharks; rays; skates".

How many syllables are in selachian?

selachian has 4 syllables: se-la-chi-an. The stress falls on "chi".

What is another word for selachian?

Close synonyms include elasmobranch. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is selachian a common word?

selachian is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.