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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun An artificial order or group of so-called cartilaginous fishes, formerly supposed to have no opercula nor branchiostegal membrane, including the Lophiidæ, Balistidæ, and Chimæridæ. See cuts under angler, Balistes, and Chimæridæ.

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