E*las`mo*bran"chi*i (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. a metal plate + L. branchia a gill.] Zool.
A subclass of fishes, comprising the sharks, the rays, and the Chimaera. The skeleton is mainly cartilaginous.
© Webster 1913.
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