chimaeroidadj.
/kʌɪˈmɪərɔɪd/ Zoology.
Related to the genus of fishes Chimæra, having the tail ending in a slender thread, the head pointed, and only one spiracle. Also n.
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the world > animals > fish > subclass Holocephali > [noun] > member of family Chimaeridae
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the world > animals > fish > subclass Holocephali > [adjective] > related to genus Chimaera
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1854 R. Owen in Circle of Sci. (c1865) II. 97/1 The cylindrical dental masses of the chimæroid and edaphodont fishes.
1863 J. D. Dana Man. Geol. 78 The Chimaeroids [have] only one gill-opening, besides other peculiarities.
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