English Dictionary

selachian

IPA（発音記号）

/sɪˈleɪkɪən/

形容詞

(zoology) Pertaining to (what is now classified as) the superorder Selachimorpha or division Selachii, comprising the sharks; or, sometimes more broadly, to the subclass Elasmobranchii, including sharks, rays and related species.

日本語の意味

（動物学）サメ類に関する。具体的には、現行の分類でサメ亜目またはサメ類（Selachii）に属する生物、もしくは広義には軟骨魚綱エラストブラキ類（サメ、エイなど）に関連する生物を指す。

The museum's selachian exhibit showcased fossilized teeth and skeletons of ancient sharks.

博物館のサメ類の展示では、古代のサメの化石の歯や骨格が紹介されていた。

意味（1）

(zoology) Pertaining to (what is now classified as) the superorder Selachimorpha or division Selachii, comprising the sharks; or, sometimes more broadly, to the subclass Elasmobranchii, including sharks, rays and related species.

Fig. 4-10 shows crude apparatus which was used to make rough measurements of the vertical forces produced by selachian tails.

意味（2）

Sharklike.

These two tours had whetted the colonies' appetite for Royal visits, and by the turn of the century that appetite was positively selachian.

more selachian （ comparative ）

most selachian （ superlative ）