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Definition of Holocephali
1. Noun. Chimaeras and extinct forms.
Group relationships: Chondrichthyes, Class Chondrichthyes
Member holonyms: Holocephalan, Holocephalian, Chimaeridae, Family Chimaeridae
Generic synonyms: Class
Definition of Holocephali
1. n. pl. An order of elasmobranch fishes, including, among living species, only the chimæras; -- called also Holocephala. See Chimæra; also Illustration in Appendix.
Medical Definition of Holocephali
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Holocephali
Literary usage of Holocephali
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Text-book of Zoology by Thomas Jeffery Parker, William Aitcheson Haswell (1921)
"holocephali. The existing representatives of the holocephali are included under
the single family ..."
2. Fishes by David Starr Jordan (1907)
"CHAPTER XV THE holocephali, OR CHIMERAS HE Chimaeras. ... This fact gives the
name to the subclass holocephali (oA.os, whole or solid; Ke<f>aX//, head). ..."
3. A Manual of the Vertebrate Animals of the Northern United States: Including by David Starr Jordan (1904)
"This group, defined on page 13, is equivalent to the ORDER VI. holocephali.
Skeleton cartilaginous ; gill cavity with ..."
4. Elements of the Comparative Anatomy of Vertebrates by Robert Wiedersheim, William Newton Parker (1897)
"Elasmobranchii and holocephali.—The brain of these Fishes, ... One of these, seen
in Spinax, Scymnus, Noti- danus and the holocephali, is characterised by ..."
5. Elements of Zoölogy: A Textbook by Sanborn Tenney (1875)
"THE holocephali or Chimaeras are fishes of very remarkable form and structure.
They are more or less allied to the Sharks, especially in the nature of their ..."
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