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TORPEDINIDAE

• TORPEDINIDAE (noun)
The noun TORPEDINIDAE has 1 sense:

1. electric rays

Familiarity information: TORPEDINIDAE used as a noun is very rare.

• TORPEDINIDAE (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Electric rays

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

family Torpedinidae; Torpedinidae

Hypernyms ("Torpedinidae" is a kind of...):

fish family (any of various families of fish)

Meronyms (members of "Torpedinidae"):

crampfish; electric ray; numbfish; torpedo (any sluggish bottom-dwelling ray of the order Torpediniformes having a rounded body and electric organs on each side of the head capable of emitting strong electric discharges)

Holonyms ("Torpedinidae" is a member of...):

order Torpediniformes; Torpediniformes (rays with bodies shaped like torpedoes)

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Useful links:
Definition of Torpediniformes
Definition of order Torpediniformes
Definition of crampfish
Pronunciation of fish family
Definition of numbfish

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