| 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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