Holocephalan

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  holocephalan \holocephalan\ n.
     A member of the {Holocephali}, fish with high compressed
     heads and a bodies tapering off into a long tail. See also
     {Hoocephali}.
     [WordNet 1.5]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  holocephalan
       n : fish with high compressed head and a body tapering off into
           a long tail