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MYLIOBATIDAE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Myliobatidae mean?
• MYLIOBATIDAE (noun)
The noun MYLIOBATIDAE has 1 sense:
1. eagle rays
Familiarity information: MYLIOBATIDAE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Eagle rays
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
family Myliobatidae; Myliobatidae
Hypernyms ("Myliobatidae" is a kind of...):
fish family (any of various families of fish)
Meronyms (members of "Myliobatidae"):
eagle ray (powerful free-swimming tropical ray noted for 'soaring' by flapping winglike fins; usually harmless but has venomous tissue near base of the tail as in stingrays)
Aetobatus; genus Aetobatus; genus Rhinoptera; Rhinoptera (a genus of Myliobatidae)
Holonyms ("Myliobatidae" is a member of...):
Batoidei; order Batoidei; order Rajiformes; Rajiformes (fish with dorsoventrally flattened bodies; includes: rays; skates; guitarfishes; sawfishes)
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