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