HOLOCEPHALIAN

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Meaning:

Fish with high compressed head and a body tapering off into a long tail

Synonyms:

holocephalan; holocephalian

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("holocephalian" is a kind of...):

cartilaginous fish; chondrichthian (fishes in which the skeleton may be calcified but not ossified)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "holocephalian"):

chimaera (a deep-sea fish with a tapering body, smooth skin, and long threadlike tail)

Holonyms ("holocephalian" is a member of...):

Holocephali; subclass Holocephali (chimaeras and extinct forms)