HOLOBLASTIC
Hol`o*blas"tic, a. (Biol.)
Defn: Undergoing complete segmentation; composed entirely of germinal matter, the whole of the yolk undergoing fission; — opposed to meroblastic.
HOLOCAUST Hol"o*caust, n. Etym: [L. holocaustum, Gr. "o'los whole + kaysto`s burnt, fr. kai`ein to burn (cf. Caustic): cf. F. holocauste.]
1. A burnt sacrifice; an offering, the whole of which was consumed by fire, among the Jews and some pagan nations. Milton.
2. Sacrifice or loss of many lives, as by the burning of a theater or a ship.
Note: [An extended use not authorized by careful writers.]
HOLOCEPHALI
Hol`o*ceph"a*li, n. pl. Etym: [NL., from Gr. "o`los whole + (Zoöl.)
Defn: An order of elasmobranch fishes, including, among living species, only the chimæras; — called also Holocephala. See Chimæra; also Illustration in Appendix.
HOLOCRYPTIC
Hol`o*cryp"tic, a. Etym: [Holo-+ Gr. to conceal.]
Defn: Wholly or completely concealing; incapable of being deciphered. Holocryptic cipher, a cipher so constructed as to afford no clew to its meaning to one ignorant of the key.