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GENUS RAJA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Type genus of the family Rajidae
Synonyms:
genus Raja; Raja
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("genus Raja" is a kind of...):
fish genus (any of various genus of fish)
Meronyms (members of "genus Raja"):
gray skate; grey skate; Raja batis (common European skate used as food)
little skate; Raja erinacea (most plentiful skate in North American inshore waters in summer; to 21 inches)
Raja radiata; thorny skate (cold-water bottom fish with spines on the back; to 40 inches)
barndoor skate; Raja laevis (one of the largest skates (to 5 feet); an active skate easy to hook)
Holonyms ("genus Raja" is a member of...):
family Rajidae; Rajidae (bottom-dwelling tropical rays: skates)
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