chimaera
/ki-meer-uh, kahy-/US // kɪˈmɪər ə, kaɪ- //UK // (kaɪˈmɪərə, kɪ-) //
虾兵蟹将,虾兵鱼将,虾米,虾夷族
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
- : 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.
Examples
Next he catches up Gyas and the vast bulk of the Chimaera; she gives way, without her steersman.
The teeth of Chimaera are more adapted for cutting, those of Callorhynchus for crushing.
Many extinct forms are known, some of whose teeth are intermediate in structure between those of Chimaera and Callorhynchus.
In Chimaera all three basalia are present, but the meso-pterygium is shifted and does not articulate with the pectoral girdle.
On came the Chimaera, her serpent tail lashing the stones, but Bellerophon ever kept on the further side of a great tall rock.
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