eagle ray (n)

n01498989

type n
lex_filenum 05
def powerful free-swimming tropical ray noted for `soaring' by flapping winglike fins
def usually harmless but has venomous tissue near base of the tail as in stingrays
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Hypernym ray
Member holonym Myliobatidae, family Myliobatidae
Hyponym spotted eagle ray, spotted ray, Aetobatus narinari; cownose ray, cow-nosed ray, Rhinoptera bonasus
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Hyponym ray
Member meronym Myliobatidae, family Myliobatidae
Hypernym spotted eagle ray, spotted ray, Aetobatus narinari; cownose ray, cow-nosed ray, Rhinoptera bonasus

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