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SQUALIDAE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Squalidae mean?
• SQUALIDAE (noun)
The noun SQUALIDAE has 1 sense:
1. dogfishes having a spine in each dorsal fin
Familiarity information: SQUALIDAE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Dogfishes having a spine in each dorsal fin
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
family Squalidae; Squalidae
Hypernyms ("Squalidae" is a kind of...):
fish family (any of various families of fish)
Meronyms (members of "Squalidae"):
spiny dogfish (small bottom-dwelling dogfishes)
genus Squalus; Squalus (spiny dogfishes)
Holonyms ("Squalidae" is a member of...):
Elasmobranchii; Selachii; subclass Elasmobranchii; subclass Selachii (sharks; rays; dogfishes; skates)
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