noun
sting rays
• Syn: ↑family Dasyatidae
• Hypernyms: ↑fish family
• Member Holonyms: ↑Rajiformes, ↑order Rajiformes, ↑Batoidei, ↑order Batoidei
• Member Meronyms: ↑stingray, ↑Dasyatis, ↑genus Dasyatis, ↑Gymnura, ↑genus Gymnura
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\\ˌdasēˈad.əˌdē\ noun pluralUsage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from Dasyatis, type genus (irregular from dasy- + Greek batis ray, skate) + -idae
: a family of elasmobranchs (type genus Dasyatis) comprising most of the common stingrays
Useful english dictionary. 2012.