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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   Any cartilaginous fish of the subclass Holocephali; a chimera.
2. 2
   fish with high compressed head and a body tapering off into a long tail wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

holocephalian

Etymology

From Holocephali + -an.

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