Elasmobranchii
Translingual
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ἔλασμα (élasma, “metal plate”) + βράγχια (bránkhia, “gills”).
Proper noun
Elasmobranchii
- The sharks, rays and skates
- A taxonomic subclass within the class Chondrichthyes.
- A taxonomic class within the superclass Chondrichthyes.[1]
Hypernyms
- (class): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata - subphylum; Chondrichthyes - superclass[1]
Hyponyms
- (class): Carcharhiniformes (ground sharks), Heterodontiformes (bullhead sharks, etc), Hexanchiformes, Lamniformes (mackerel sharks), Myliobatiformes (stingrays etc), Orectolobiformes (carpet sharks), Pristiformes (sawfishes), Pristiophoriformes (sawsharks), Rajiformes (rays and skates), Squaliformes (dogfish sharks), Squatiniformes (angel sharks), Torpediniformes (electric rays) - orders[1]
References
Elasmobranchii on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Elasmobranchii on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Elasmobranchii on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- Ruggiero MA, Gordon DP, Orrell TM, Bailly N, Bourgoin T, Brusca RC, et al. (2015) A Higher Level Classification of All Living Organisms. PLoS ONE 10(4): e0119248. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0119248. pmid:25923521