cartilaginous fish vs selachian

cartilaginous fish and selachian both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
cartilaginous fish	Yes	No	No	No
selachian	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, selachian is a hyponym of cartilaginous fish; that is, selachian is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than cartilaginous fish:

cartilaginous fish: fishes in which the skeleton may be calcified but not ossified
selachian: any of numerous fishes of the class Chondrichthyes characterized by a cartilaginous skeleton and placoid scales: sharks, rays, skates

Other hyponyms of cartilaginous fish include holocephalan, holocephalian, elasmobranch.

cartilaginous fish (noun)	selachian (noun)
fishes in which the skeleton may be calcified but not ossified	any of numerous fishes of the class Chondrichthyes characterized by a cartilaginous skeleton and placoid scales: sharks, rays, skates

cartilaginous fish vs selachian

cartilaginous fish and selachian both are nouns.

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