Meanings
nounhexanchid (plural hexanchids)
plural hexanchids
- biologyAny member of the family Hexanchidae, of cow sharks.
Hexanchid sharks (Family Hexanchidae) are extremely rare in Lower Cretaceous deposits and are known only from isolated teeth.
1995, P.J.Smart, Hexanchid shark teeth (Chondrichthyes, Vertebrata) from the Lower Cretaceous Albian sediments of Leighton Buzzard, South-central England
Origin
Clipping of taxonomic name Hexanchidae.
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