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RAJIDAE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Bottom-dwelling tropical rays: skates
Synonyms:
family Rajidae; Rajidae
Classified under:
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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