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SPOTTED RAY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does spotted ray mean?
• SPOTTED RAY (noun)
The noun SPOTTED RAY has 1 sense:
1. ray with back covered with white or yellow spots; widely distributed in warm seas
Familiarity information: SPOTTED RAY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Ray with back covered with white or yellow spots; widely distributed in warm seas
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Aetobatus narinari; spotted eagle ray; spotted ray
Hypernyms ("spotted 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 ("spotted ray" is a member of...):
Aetobatus; genus Aetobatus (a genus of Myliobatidae)
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