noun
type genus of the Mobulidae
• Syn: ↑genus Mobula
• Hypernyms: ↑fish genus
• Member Holonyms: ↑Mobulidae, ↑family Mobulidae
• Member Meronyms: ↑devil ray, ↑Mobula hypostoma
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\\ˈmäbyələ\ nounUsage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin
: a genus of large rays that contains imperfectly known fishes of warm seas and is the type of the family Mobulidae
Useful english dictionary. 2012.