Ichthyotomi
plural noun
Ich·thy·ot·o·mi
Definition of Ichthyotomi
: a subclass or order of Chondrichthyes comprising chiefly Carboniferous and early Permian sharks having a slender and elongated body with diphycercal tail and archipterygial fins — compare pleuracanthus
ichthyotomous
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Origin and Etymology of ichthyotomi
New Latin, from ichthy- + -tomi (from Greek temnein to cut) — more at tome
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