FAMILY DASYATIDAE

 Dictionary entry overview: What does family Dasyatidae mean? 

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

1. sting rays

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• FAMILY DASYATIDAE (noun)

Meaning:

Sting rays

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Dasyatidae; family Dasyatidae

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

fish family (any of various families of fish)

Meronyms (members of "family Dasyatidae"):

stingray (large venomous ray with large barbed spines near the base of a thin whiplike tail capable of inflicting severe wounds)

Dasyatis; genus Dasyatis (type genus of the Dasyatidae)

genus Gymnura; Gymnura (butterfly rays)

Holonyms ("family Dasyatidae" is a member of...):

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