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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. 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.