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noun
Any of several not closely related marine animals:
The octopus.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dated
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noun
Any of several not closely related marine animals:
The giant squid or kraken.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dated
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noun
Any of several not closely related marine animals:
The gray whale, Eschrichtius robustus.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dated
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noun
Any of several not closely related marine animals:
The piranha.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dated
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noun
Any of several not closely related marine animals:
The anglerfish, Lophius piscatorius.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dated
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noun
Any of several not closely related marine animals:
The suckermouth catfish, Hypostomus plecostomus (translating Spanish pez diablo).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dated
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noun
Any of several not closely related marine animals:
The manta ray; any ray in the genus Mobula.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dated
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noun
Any of several not closely related marine animals:
The manta ray; any ray in the genus Mobula.
The devil ray, Mobula mobular.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dated, specifically
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noun
Any of several not closely related marine animals:
Certain fish in the genus Paraplesiops; see blue devilfish, Bleeker's devilfish.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dated
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noun
extremely large pelagic tropical ray that feeds on plankton and small fishes; usually harmless but its size make it dangerous if harpooned
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: manta, manta ray
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Broader terms: ray
Narrower terms: Atlantic manta, Manta birostris, devil ray, Mobula hypostoma
noun
bottom-living cephalopod having a soft oval body with eight long tentacles
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: octopus
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Broader terms: octopod
noun
medium-sized greyish-black whale of the northern Pacific
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: grey whale, gray whale, Eschrichtius gibbosus, Eschrichtius robustus
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Broader terms: baleen whale, whalebone whale
History
Compound of devil + fish.
