chimerid

chimerid

English

Noun

chimerid (plural chimerids)

1. Alternative form of chimaerid
   • 1961, The Skipper - Volume 21, page 62:

     Chimerid fishes are the primitive creatures that even the ichthyologists rarely see alive in their lifetime.

   • 1973, Biological bulletin - Volume 144, page 500:

     The association of primitive parasites with primitive hosts is often exemplified by Gyrocotyle and its chimerid host.

   • 1979, Z. Kabata, Parasitic copepoda of British fishes, page 372:

     It occurs also on chimerid fishes (Holocephala).