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Webster 1913 Edition


Chimaera

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Chi-mæ′ra

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Noun.
[NL. See
Chimera
.]
(Zool.)
A cartilaginous fish of several species, belonging to the order
Chimaeriformes
of the class
Holocephali
. The teeth are few and large. The head is furnished with appendages, and the tail terminates in a point.