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FAMILY MOBULIDAE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does family Mobulidae mean?
• FAMILY MOBULIDAE (noun)
The noun FAMILY MOBULIDAE has 1 sense:
1. large rays lacking venomous spines: mantas
Familiarity information: FAMILY MOBULIDAE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Large rays lacking venomous spines: mantas
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
family Mobulidae; Mobulidae
Hypernyms ("family Mobulidae" is a kind of...):
fish family (any of various families of fish)
Meronyms (members of "family 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 ("family 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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