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FAMILY TORPEDINIDAE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does family Torpedinidae mean?
• FAMILY TORPEDINIDAE (noun)
The noun FAMILY TORPEDINIDAE has 1 sense:
1. electric rays
Familiarity information: FAMILY TORPEDINIDAE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Electric rays
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
family Torpedinidae; Torpedinidae
Hypernyms ("family Torpedinidae" is a kind of...):
fish family (any of various families of fish)
Meronyms (members of "family Torpedinidae"):
crampfish; electric ray; numbfish; torpedo (any sluggish bottom-dwelling ray of the order Torpediniformes having a rounded body and electric organs on each side of the head capable of emitting strong electric discharges)
Holonyms ("family Torpedinidae" is a member of...):
order Torpediniformes; Torpediniformes (rays with bodies shaped like torpedoes)
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