FAMILY PRISTIDAE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Large primitive rays with elongated snouts

Synonyms:

family Pristidae; Pristidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("family Pristidae" is a kind of...):

fish family (any of various families of fish)

Meronyms (members of "family Pristidae"):

sawfish (primitive ray with sharp teeth on each edge of a long flattened snout)

genus Pristis; Pristis (type genus of the Pristidae)

Holonyms ("family Pristidae" is a member of...):

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