manta ray
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Spanish manta (“blanket”), after the blanket-shaped trap used to catch them.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈmæntə ɹeɪ/
Noun
[edit]manta ray (plural manta rays)
- 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.
- Synonyms: manta, sea pancake, majestic flap-flap, majestic sea flap-flap
- 2020, Jenny Offill, Weather, Granta Books (2021), page 181:
- My favorite are the manta rays. We watch them wing past. The have the largest brain of any fish, I remember.
Translations
[edit]any of several very large pelagic rays
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Further reading
[edit]- manta ray on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Mobula birostris on Wikispecies.Wikispecies