family dasyatidae

English Thesaurus

1. sting rays (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	fish family,
definition	:	any of various families of fish (noun.animal)

member holonym	:	stingray,
definition	:	large venomous ray with large barbed spines near the base of a thin whiplike tail capable of inflicting severe wounds (noun.animal)

member holonym	:	dasyatis, genus dasyatis,
definition	:	type genus of the Dasyatidae (noun.animal)

member holonym	:	genus gymnura, gymnura,
definition	:	butterfly rays (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	batoidei, order batoidei, order rajiformes, rajiformes,
definition	:	fish with dorsoventrally flattened bodies; includes: rays; skates; guitarfishes; sawfishes (noun.animal)