selachii

Questions about selachii

What does selachii mean?

selachii means "sharks; rays; dogfishes; skates".

How many syllables are in selachii?

selachii has 4 syllables and divides as se-la-chi-i under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for selachii?

Close synonyms include Elasmobranchii, subclass Elasmobranchii, subclass Selachii. 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 selachii a common word?

selachii is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.