manta ray
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manta ray
- /ˈmæntə ɹeɪ/ US
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From Spanish mantarraya, itself a compound from manta and raya; according to Jorge Juan y Santacilia and Antonio de Ulloa, so called “for being broad and long like a quilt”.
noun manta rays
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Any of several very large pelagic rays formerly of the genus Manta, now placed in genus Mobula, with winglike pectoral fins, a long tail, and two fins resembling horns that project from the head.
My favorite are the manta rays. We watch them wing past. The have the largest brain of any fish, I remember.
Similar: manta, sea pancake, majestic flap-flap, majestic sea flap-flap
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noun any of several very large pelagic rays
| Español | mantarraya, manta gigante |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 鬼糸巻鱝, 鬼糸巻鱏 oniitomakiei |
| 中文 | 蝠鱝 /蝠鲼 fúfèn, 鬼蝠魟 /鬼蝠𫚉 guǐfúhóng |
| Português | jamanta, manta |
| Français | raie manta |
| Deutsch | Mantarochen, Riesenmanta |
| Русский | ма́нта mánta, морско́й дья́вол morskój dʹjávol |
| العربية | شيطان البحر |
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