Definition of Elasmabranchii
||E*las`mo*bran"chi*i (?), n. pl. [NL.,
fr. Gr. &?; a metal plate + L. branchia a gill.]
(Zoöl.) A subclass of fishes, comprising the sharks,
the rays, and the Chimæra. The skeleton is mainly
cartilaginous.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- a taxonomic subclass, within class Chondrichthyes - the sharks, rays and skates
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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