COW-NOSED RAY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does cow-nosed ray mean? 

• COW-NOSED RAY (noun)
  The noun COW-NOSED RAY has 1 sense:

1. large ray found along eastern coast of North America

  Familiarity information: COW-NOSED RAY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• COW-NOSED RAY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Large ray found along eastern coast of North America

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

cow-nosed ray; cownose ray; Rhinoptera bonasus

Hypernyms ("cow-nosed ray" is a kind of...):

eagle ray (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)

Holonyms ("cow-nosed ray" is a member of...):

genus Rhinoptera; Rhinoptera (a genus of Myliobatidae)