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Rhinobatidae

noun

primitive rays with guitar-shaped bodies

• Syn: ↑family Rhinobatidae

• Hypernyms: ↑fish family

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

• Member Meronyms: ↑guitarfish

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\\ˌrīnōˈbad.əˌdē\ noun plural

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Rhinobatos, type genus + -idae

: a family of viviparous elasmobranch fishes of warm seas comprising the guitarfishes, fiddlers, and related forms that are included among the rays but somewhat approach the sharks in the long narrow body and the possession of a tail fin

Useful english dictionary. 2012.