ELASMOBRANCHS Synonyms
There are 6 hypernyms of the word elasmobranchs. (close relations)
Definition of ELASMOBRANCHS
elasmobranch
Best Alternative Words for ELASMOBRANCHS
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| rays | nounn | |||||||
noun • a column of light (as from a beacon) • a branch of an umbel or an umbelliform inflorescence • (mathematics) a straight line extending from a point • a group of nearly parallel lines of electromagnetic radiation • the syllable naming the second (supertonic) note of any major scale in solmization • any of the stiff bony spines in the fin of a fish • cartilaginous fishes having horizontally flattened bodies and enlarged winglike pectoral fins with gills on the underside; most swim by moving the pectoral fins verb • emit as rays • extend or spread outward from a center or focus or inward towards a center • expose to radiation | ||||||||
| selachians | nounn | |||||||
noun • any of numerous fishes of the class Chondrichthyes characterized by a cartilaginous skeleton and placoid scales: sharks; rays; skates | ||||||||
| sharks | nounn | |||||||
noun • any of numerous elongate mostly marine carnivorous fishes with heterocercal caudal fins and tough skin covered with small toothlike scales • a person who is ruthless and greedy and dishonest • a person who is unusually skilled in certain ways verb • play the shark; act with trickery • hunt shark | ||||||||
| skates | nounn | |||||||
noun • sports equipment that is worn on the feet to enable the wearer to glide along and to be propelled by the alternate actions of the legs • large edible rays having a long snout and thick tail with pectoral fins continuous with the head; swim by undulating the edges of the pectoral fins verb • move along on skates | ||||||||
