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    FAMILY MOBULIDAE

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Large rays lacking venomous spines: mantasplay

    Synonyms:

    family Mobulidae; Mobulidae

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

    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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