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manta

Noun

Man=ta

WORDNET DICTIONARY

manta(n = noun.artifact) Array - a blanket that is used as a cloak or shawl; Array

manta(n = noun.animal) devilfish, 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

manta, n. [From the native name.].

The manta ray. See also Cephaloptera and Sea devil. [1913 Webster]

manta, n. any large ray of the family Mobulidae, esp. Manta birostris, having winglike pectoral fins and a whiplike tail.

Etymology

Amer. Sp., = large blanket

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