Squaloidea

plural noun

Squa·​loi·​dea

skwāˈlȯidēə

1

: a suborder of Pleurotremata comprising those sharks (such as the spiny dogfishes) that have a compressed or rounded body but in some respects (as in adaptation to bottom-dwelling habits) approach the skates and rays compare galeoidea , notidanoidea

2

in some classifications : a suborder or other division of elasmobranch fishes comprising the typical sharks compare squatina

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from Squalus + -oidea

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