HyperDic: holocephalan

English > 1 sense of the word holocephalan:
NOUNanimalholocephalan, holocephalianfish with high compressed head and a body tapering off into a long tail
English > holocephalan: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaningfish with high compressed head and a body tapering off into a long tail.
Synonymholocephalian
Member ofHolocephali, subclass Holocephalichimaeras and extinct forms
NarrowerchimaeraA deep-sea fish with a tapering body, smooth skin, and long threadlike tail
Broadercartilaginous fish, chondrichthianfishes in which the skeleton may be calcified but not ossified
Spanishholocéfalo
Catalanholocèfal

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