Meaning & use
Selachii
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A taxonomic group of cartilaginous fish comprising the sharks.
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Fossils of early Selachii reveal that sharks have changed remarkably little over hundreds of millions of years.
The museum's marine biology wing devotes an entire hall to the Selachii, from tiny dogfish to great whites.
A note on using this word
From Greek 'selachos' (cartilaginous fish); a classical taxonomic term sometimes replaced by 'Selachimorpha' in modern classification schemes.
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sharks
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