holocephalan

English Thesaurus

1. fish with high compressed head and a body tapering off into a long tail (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	cartilaginous fish, chondrichthian,
definition	:	fishes in which the skeleton may be calcified but not ossified (noun.animal)

hyponym	:	chimaera,
definition	:	a deep-sea fish with a tapering body, smooth skin, and long threadlike tail (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	holocephali, subclass holocephali,
definition	:	chimaeras and extinct forms (noun.animal)