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chimaeras

[ki-meer-uh, kahy-]

noun

any fish of the family Chimaeridae, the male of which has a spiny clasping organ over the mouth.

any similar fish of the group Holocephali, which includes this family.

chimera.

Origin:
1795–1805; see chimera

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