Definition of Dasyatis

1. Noun. Type genus of the Dasyatidae.

Exact synonyms: Genus Dasyatis
Generic synonyms: Fish Genus
Group relationships: Dasyatidae, Family Dasyatidae
Member holonyms: Dasyatis Centroura, Roughtail Stingray

Lexicographical Neighbors of Dasyatis

Darwinistic
Darwinists
Darwinization
Darwinize
Darwinized
Darwinizes
Darwinizing
Daryl
Daryush
Das Kapital
Das Reich
Dasein
Dashiell Hammett
Dashwood
Dasyatidae
Dasyatis
Dasyatis centroura
Dasypodidae
Dasyprocta
Dasyprocta aguti
Dasyproctidae
Dasypus
Dasypus novemcinctus
Dasyuridae
Dasyurus
Dasyurus quoll
Dasyurus viverrinus
Dat.
Data Carrier Equipment
Data Carrier Equipments

Literary usage of Dasyatis

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Fishes by David Starr Jordan (1907)
"The true sting-ray (stingaree, or clam-cracker), dasyatis, is more widely diffused and the species are very closely related. In these species the body is ..."

2. Reports of the North Carolina Geological and Economic Survey (1907)
"Genus dasyatis Rafinesque. Sting-rays. Body rounded, very flat; snout more or less prominent; whip-like tail with a strong, barbed spine near its base, ..."

3. Proceedings of the Davenport Academy of Sciences by Davenport Academy of Sciences (1904)
"In overhauling our Japanese material we find nothing which really corresponds to dasyatis kuhli, and the latter species, known by the bluish spots, ..."

4. Journal of Morphology by Wistar Institute of Anatomy and Biology (1892)
"A comparison of the ears of Myxine, Petromyzon, dasyatis, Torpedo, and Man clearly shows the connection of the duct with the utricular and saccular chambers ..."

5. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington by Biological Society of Washington (1915)
"dasyatis bastata (Dekay). STING RAY. In July, 1910, at Cape Lookout, ... dasyatis say (Le Sueur). STING RAY. The commonest of all the sting rays in this ..."

6. The Fishes of North Carolina by Hugh McCormick Smith (1907)
"Four or five species on Atlantic coast; 2 are known to occur in North Carolina, and another (dasyatis hastata) may be looked for. ii. ..."

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