HOLOCEPHALI

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Holocephali mean? 

• HOLOCEPHALI (noun)
  The noun HOLOCEPHALI has 1 sense:

1. chimaeras and extinct forms

  Familiarity information: HOLOCEPHALI used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HOLOCEPHALI (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Chimaeras and extinct forms

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Holocephali; subclass Holocephali

Hypernyms ("Holocephali" is a kind of...):

class ((biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders)

Meronyms (members of "Holocephali"):

holocephalan; holocephalian (fish with high compressed head and a body tapering off into a long tail)

Chimaeridae; family Chimaeridae (a family of Holocephali)

Holonyms ("Holocephali" is a member of...):

Chondrichthyes; class Chondrichthyes (cartilaginous fishes)