devilfish

Noun

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

devilfish(n = noun.animal) eschrichtius gibbosus, eschrichtius robustus, gray whale, grey whale - medium-sized greyish-black whale of the northern Pacific; Array

is a kind of baleen whale, whalebone whale

is a member of eschrichtius, genus eschrichtius

devilfish(n = noun.animal) octopus - bottom-living cephalopod having a soft oval body with eight long tentacles; Array

is a kind of octopod

is a member of genus octopus

has parts: octopus

devilfish(n = noun.animal) manta, manta ray - extremely large pelagic tropical ray that feeds on plankton and small fishes; usually harmless but its size make it dangerous if harpooned; Array

is a kind of ray

is a member of family mobulidae, mobulidae

has particulars: atlantic manta, manta birostris, devil ray, mobula hypostoma

devilfish, n. (pl. same or -fishes)
1 = devil ray.
2 any of various fish, esp. the stonefish.
3 hist. an octopus.

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