Rajidae (Noun)
Meaning
Bottom-dwelling tropical rays: skates.
Classification
Nouns denoting animals.
Examples
- The rajidae family is comprised of over 200 species of skates found in temperate and tropical waters around the world.
- Skates belonging to the rajidae family have a distinctive rhomboidal body shape that helps them hide in the sand or mud.
- Rajidae skates usually have five to six gill slits, but can have up to seven in certain species.
- Researchers have discovered that rajidae skates use electroreception to locate prey hidden in the sediment.
- Fishermen tend to catch rajidae skates accidentally while fishing for other types of bottom-dwelling fish.