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chimæroid
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...
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chimera
chimera, chimæra (kɪˈmɪərə, kaɪ-) Forms: 4 chymere, 5–7 chimere; 4–7 chymera, (6 chemera), 7 chymæra, 6– chimæra, chimera. [ME. chimere, a. F. chimère, ad. L. chimæra, a. Gr. χίµαιρα she-goat or monster, f. χίµαρ-ος he-goat. Since the 16th c. the earlier form from Fr. has been supplanted by its Lati...
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clasper
clasper (ˈklɑːspə(r), -æ-) [f. as prec. + -er1.] 1. One who or that which clasps; a means for holding fast: often used more or less technically.1551 Turner Herbal i. L ij a, The clasperes of the fyshe called polypus. 1712 Derham in Phil. Trans. XXVII. 523 The two Claspers of the Micrometer. 1859 Car...
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