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    FAMILY RAJIDAE

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Bottom-dwelling tropical rays: skatesplay

    Synonyms:

    family Rajidae; Rajidae

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

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

    fish family (any of various families of fish)

    Meronyms (members of "family 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 ("family 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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