FAMILY SQUALIDAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does family Squalidae mean? 

• FAMILY SQUALIDAE (noun)
  The noun FAMILY SQUALIDAE has 1 sense:

1. dogfishes having a spine in each dorsal fin

  Familiarity information: FAMILY SQUALIDAE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FAMILY SQUALIDAE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Dogfishes having a spine in each dorsal fin

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

family Squalidae; Squalidae

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

fish family (any of various families of fish)

Meronyms (members of "family Squalidae"):

spiny dogfish (small bottom-dwelling dogfishes)

genus Squalus; Squalus (spiny dogfishes)

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

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