manta ray

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun manta ray has 1 sense

manta ray(n = noun.animal) devilfish, manta - 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

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CIDE DICTIONARY

manta ray, n.

An extremely large pelagic tropical ray of the family Mobulidae, that feeds on plankton and small fishes. It is usually harmless but its size (up to 20 feet across and up to a ton in weight) make it dangerous if harpooned. Called also manta, sea devil and devilfish. See also Cephaloptera and Sea devil. [WordNet 1.5]

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