NOUN | animal | holocephalian, holocephalan | fish with high compressed head and a body tapering off into a long tail |
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Meaning | fish with high compressed head and a body tapering off into a long tail. | |
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Synonym | holocephalan | |
Member of | Holocephali, subclass Holocephali | chimaeras and extinct forms |
Narrower | chimaera | A deep-sea fish with a tapering body, smooth skin, and long threadlike tail |
Broader | cartilaginous fish, chondrichthian | fishes in which the skeleton may be calcified but not ossified |
Spanish | holocéfalo | |
Catalan | holocèfal |
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