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Gymnura

noun

butterfly rays

• Syn: ↑genus Gymnura

• Hypernyms: ↑fish genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Dasyatidae, ↑family Dasyatidae

• Member Meronyms: ↑butterfly ray

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I. \\-ˈ(y)u̇rə\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from gymn- + -ura

: a small genus of widely distributed stingrays that is usually placed in the family Dasyatidae but sometimes in a separate family (Gynuridae) and includes the butterfly rays

II.

Etymology: New Latin, from gymn- + -ura

synonym of echino-sorex

Useful english dictionary. 2012.