Akademik

Rajidae

noun

bottom-dwelling tropical rays: skates

• Syn: ↑family Rajidae

• Hypernyms: ↑fish family

• Member Holonyms: ↑Rajiformes, ↑order Rajiformes, ↑Batoidei, ↑order Batoidei

• Member Meronyms: ↑skate, ↑Raja, ↑genus Raja

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\\ˈrajəˌdē\ noun plural

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Raja (II), type genus + -idae

: a family of elasmobranch fishes consisting of the skates

Useful english dictionary. 2012.