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MOBULIDAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Mobulidae mean? 

MOBULIDAE (noun)
  The noun MOBULIDAE has 1 sense:

1. large rays lacking venomous spines: mantasplay

  Familiarity information: MOBULIDAE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


MOBULIDAE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Large rays lacking venomous spines: mantas

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

family Mobulidae; Mobulidae

Hypernyms ("Mobulidae" is a kind of...):

fish family (any of various families of fish)

Meronyms (members of "Mobulidae"):

devilfish; manta; manta ray (extremely large pelagic tropical ray that feeds on plankton and small fishes; usually harmless but its size make it dangerous if harpooned)

genus Manta (a genus of Mobulidae)

genus Mobula; Mobula (type genus of the Mobulidae)

Holonyms ("Mobulidae" is a member of...):

Batoidei; order Batoidei; order Rajiformes; Rajiformes (fish with dorsoventrally flattened bodies; includes: rays; skates; guitarfishes; sawfishes)


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