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Webster 1913 Edition
Holocephali
‖
Holˊo-ceph′a-li
,Noun.
pl.
[NL., from Gr.
ὅλοσ
whole + κεφαλή
head.] (Zool.)
An order of elasmobranch fishes, including, among living species, only the chimæras; – called also
Holocephala
. See Chimæra
; also Illustration in Appendix.