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noun
Any of a group of cartilaginous fishes in the family Myliobatidae, consisting mostly of large species living in the open ocean rather than on the sea bottom.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
powerful free-swimming tropical ray noted for `soaring' by flapping winglike fins; usually harmless but has venomous tissue near base of the tail as in stingrays
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: ray
Narrower terms: spotted eagle ray, spotted ray, Aetobatus narinari, cownose ray, cow-nosed ray, Rhinoptera bonasus
History
A calque of translingual Aetobatus (literally “eagle-ray”).
