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    FAMILY PRISTIDAE

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     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Large primitive rays with elongated snoutsplay

    Synonyms:

    family Pristidae; Pristidae

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

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

    fish family (any of various families of fish)

    Meronyms (members of "family Pristidae"):

    sawfish (primitive ray with sharp teeth on each edge of a long flattened snout)

    genus Pristis; Pristis (type genus of the Pristidae)

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

    Batoidei; order Batoidei; order Rajiformes; Rajiformes (fish with dorsoventrally flattened bodies; includes: rays; skates; guitarfishes; sawfishes)

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