eagle ray
English Thesaurus
1. 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 (noun.animal)
| hypernym | : | ray, |
| definition | : | cartilaginous fishes having horizontally flattened bodies and enlarged winglike pectoral fins with gills on the underside; most swim by moving the pectoral fins (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | aetobatus narinari, spotted eagle ray, spotted ray, |
| definition | : | ray with back covered with white or yellow spots; widely distributed in warm seas (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | cow-nosed ray, cownose ray, rhinoptera bonasus, |
| definition | : | large ray found along eastern coast of North America (noun.animal) |
| member meronym | : | family myliobatidae, myliobatidae, |
| definition | : | eagle rays (noun.animal) |
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