HyperDic: eagle_ray

English > 1 sense of the expression eagle ray:
NOUNanimaleagle raypowerful free-swimming tropical ray noted for 'soaring' by flapping winglike fins
English > eagle ray: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
MeaningPowerful 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.
Member ofMyliobatidae, family Myliobatidaeeagle rays
Narrowercownose ray, cow-nosed ray, Rhinoptera bonasuslarge ray found along eastern coast of North America
spotted eagle ray, spotted ray, Aetobatus narinariray with back covered with white or yellow spots
Broaderraycartilaginous fishes having horizontally flattened bodies and enlarged winglike pectoral fins with gills on the underside

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