holocephali Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun chimaeras and extinct forms
    subclass Holocephali.

WordNet

Hol`o*ceph"a*li noun plural
Etymology
NL., from Gr. "o`los whole + head.
Definitions
  1. (Zoöl.) An order of elasmobranch fishes, including, among living species, only the chimæras; -- called also Holocephala. See Chimæra; also Illustration in Appendix.

Webster 1913