Definition of Squalidae

1. Noun. Dogfishes having a spine in each dorsal fin.

Exact synonyms: Family Squalidae
Generic synonyms: Fish Family
Group relationships: Elasmobranchii, Selachii, Subclass Elasmobranchii, Subclass Selachii
Member holonyms: Spiny Dogfish, Genus Squalus, Squalus

Lexicographical Neighbors of Squalidae

Springfieldian
Springfieldians
Sprinter
Sprouser
Spruce
Spumavirinae
Spur
Spurs
Sputnik moment
Spy Wednesday
Spyeria
Spyridon
Sqn Ldr
Squadron Leader
Squadron Leaders
Squalidae (current term)
Squalus
Squalus acanthias
Squalus suckleyi
Square Mile
Squaresville
Squariel
Squatina
Squatina squatina
Squatinidae
Squillidae
Sr
Sranan
Sranan Tongo
Sravana

Literary usage of Squalidae

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Summarized Proceedings ... and a Directory of Members by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1850)
"... Recent and Fossil Echinoderms of Carolina; by EDMUND RAVENEL, MD, of Charleston, SC THE interest excited by the numerous teeth of Squalidae found in the ..."

2. Trübner's Bibliographical Guide to American Literature by Nicolas Trübner (1859)
"14 Monograph of Fossil Squalidae of the United Suites, by RW Gibbes, MD, of South Carolina. 16. Descriptions of New Fossil and Recent Shells of the US, ..."

3. The Internal Secretory Organs: Their Physiology and Pathology by Artur Biedl (1913)
"The interrenal body of sharks (Squalidae) is a long narrow band, situated between ... In some species of Squalidae, the interrenal body is embedded in the ..."

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