elasmobranch
elas.mo.branch \i-'laz-m*-.brank\ aj [deriv. of Gk elasmos metal plate (fr. elaunein) + L branchia] gill : of or relating to a class (Chondrichthyes) of fishes having lamellate g ills and comprising the sharks, rays, chimaeras, and various extinct related fishes - elasmobranch n