Definition of Family Pristidae

1. Noun. Large primitive rays with elongated snouts.

Exact synonyms: Pristidae
Generic synonyms: Fish Family
Group relationships: Batoidei, Order Batoidei, Order Rajiformes, Rajiformes
Member holonyms: Sawfish, Genus Pristis, Pristis

Lexicographical Neighbors of Family Pristidae

family Polyodontidae
family Polypedatidae
family Polypodiaceae
family Polyporaceae
family Pomacentridae
family Pomatomidae
family Pongidae
family Pontederiaceae
family Porcellionidae
family Portulacaceae
family Portunidae
family Potamogalidae
family Potamogetonaceae
family Priacanthidae
family Primulaceae
family Pristidae (current term)
family Procaviidae
family Procellariidae
family Procyonidae
family Proteaceae
family Proteidae
family Prunellidae
family Pseudococcidae
family Pseudomonodaceae
family Psilophytaceae
family Psilotaceae
family Psittacidae
family Psocidae
family Psophiidae
family Psychodidae

Literary usage of Family Pristidae

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

1. Chambers's encyclopædia by Chambers W. and R., ltd (1874)
"SAWFISH (Pt-istie), a genus of cartilaginous fishes, constituting the family Pristidae, which is ranked with the Rays (qv), although the elongated form of ..."

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