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Squalidae

noun

dogfishes having a spine in each dorsal fin

• Syn: ↑family Squalidae

• Hypernyms: ↑fish family

• Member Holonyms: ↑Elasmobranchii, ↑subclass Elasmobranchii, ↑Selachii, ↑subclass Selachii

• Member Meronyms: ↑spiny dogfish, ↑Squalus, ↑genus Squalus

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\\-ˌdē\ noun plural

Usage: capitalized

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

: a family of sharks having a spine in each dorsal fin and comprising the spiny dogfishes and various chiefly small related forms

Useful english dictionary. 2012.