FAMILY MYLIOBATIDAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does family Myliobatidae mean? 

• FAMILY MYLIOBATIDAE (noun)
  The noun FAMILY MYLIOBATIDAE has 1 sense:

1. eagle rays

  Familiarity information: FAMILY MYLIOBATIDAE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FAMILY MYLIOBATIDAE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Eagle rays

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

family Myliobatidae; Myliobatidae

Hypernyms ("family Myliobatidae" is a kind of...):

fish family (any of various families of fish)

Meronyms (members of "family 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 ("family Myliobatidae" is a member of...):

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