TRIAKIDAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Triakidae mean? 

• TRIAKIDAE (noun)
  The noun TRIAKIDAE has 1 sense:

1. small sharks with smooth skins and lacking spines on their dorsal fins

  Familiarity information: TRIAKIDAE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TRIAKIDAE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

family Triakidae; Triakidae

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

fish family (any of various families of fish)

Meronyms (members of "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 ("Triakidae" is a member of...):

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