chimaera
A cartilaginous marine fish in the subclass Holocephali and especially the order Chimaeriformes, with a blunt snout, long tail, and a spine before the first dorsal fin
Related words
- chimaeral
- chimaeroid
Word history
From Latin "Chimaera".
Where this comes from
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