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RHINOPTERA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Rhinoptera mean?
• RHINOPTERA (noun)
The noun RHINOPTERA has 1 sense:
1. a genus of Myliobatidae
Familiarity information: RHINOPTERA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A genus of Myliobatidae
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
genus Rhinoptera; Rhinoptera
Hypernyms ("Rhinoptera" is a kind of...):
fish genus (any of various genus of fish)
Meronyms (members of "Rhinoptera"):
cow-nosed ray; cownose ray; Rhinoptera bonasus (large ray found along eastern coast of North America)
Holonyms ("Rhinoptera" is a member of...):
family Myliobatidae; Myliobatidae (eagle rays)
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