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RAJIDAE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Bottom-dwelling tropical rays: skates

Synonyms:

family Rajidae; Rajidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("Rajidae" is a kind of...):

fish family (any of various families of fish)

Meronyms (members of "Rajidae"):

skate (large edible rays having a long snout and thick tail with pectoral fins continuous with the head; swim by undulating the edges of the pectoral fins)

genus Raja; Raja (type genus of the family Rajidae)

Holonyms ("Rajidae" is a member of...):

Batoidei; order Batoidei; order Rajiformes; Rajiformes (fish with dorsoventrally flattened bodies; includes: rays; skates; guitarfishes; sawfishes)

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