Definition of Holociphali

Definition of Holociphali

||Hol`o*ceph"a*li (?), n. pl. [NL., from Gr. "o`los whole + kefalh` head.] (Zoöl.) An order of elasmobranch fishes, including, among living species, only the chimæras; -- called also Holocephala. See Chimæra; also Illustration in Appendix.

- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Translingual

a taxonomic subclass, within class Chondrichthyes - the ghost sharks or chimaera

- The Nuttall Encyclopedia

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