FAMILY TRIAKIDAE

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Meaning:

Small sharks with smooth skins and lacking spines on their dorsal fins

Synonyms:

family Triakidae; Triakidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

fish family (any of various families of fish)

Meronyms (members of "family Triakidae"):

genus Mustelus; Mustelus (smooth dogfishes)

smooth dogfish (small bottom-dwelling shark found along both Atlantic coasts)

genus Triaenodon; Triaenodon (a genus of Triakidae)

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

Elasmobranchii; Selachii; subclass Elasmobranchii; subclass Selachii (sharks; rays; dogfishes; skates)