Selache

Translingual

Etymology

From Latin selachē, from Ancient Greek σέλαχος (sélakhos, “shark”).

Proper noun

Selache f

1. (archaic) A taxonomic genus within the family Cetorhinidae – certain sharks, now Cetorhinus.

Derived terms

• Selachimorpha
• Euselachii
• Neoselachii
• Selachii, Selachia, Selacha
• Selachinematida

References

• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “Selache”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
• Selache from Index to Organism Names from Clarivate Analytics