chimæroid, a. Zool.
(kaɪˈmɪərɔɪd)
Related to the genus of fishes Chimæra, having the tail ending in a slender thread, the head pointed, and only one spiracle. Also n.
| 1854 Owen in Circ. Sc. (c 1865) II. 97/1 The cylindrical dental masses of the chimæroid and edaphodont fishes. 1862 Dana Man. Geol. 78 The Chimaeroids [have] only one gill-opening, besides other peculiarities. |