Hol`o*ceph"a*li (?), n. pl. [NL., from Gr. "o`los whole + head.] Zool.

An order of elasmobranch fishes, including, among living species, only the chimaeras; -- called also Holocephala. See Chimaera; also Illustration in Appendix.

 

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