Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A name of the southern chimæra, Callorhynchus antarcticus: so called on account of the prolongation of the snout, which has a peculiar proboscis-like appendage, serving as a prehensile organ.
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_chimæræ_, or little sea-wolves, by some, which is akin to, and about the size of, the _pezegallo_, or elephant-fish.
A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Volume 16 Robert Kerr 1784
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