eagle ray

eagle ray 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.

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Noun

eagle ray (plural eagle rays)

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.

eagle ray meaning in Tamil and Malayalam

eagle ray in Tamil

நமது பூமியில் காணப்படும், மீன் இனங்களில் ஒன்றாகும்

eagle ray in Malayalam

eagle ray: കാക്കത്തിരണ്ടി kākkattiraṇṭi

Forms of eagle ray

plural	eagle rays

Origin of eagle ray

A calque of translingual Aetobatus (literally “eagle-ray”).

Questions about eagle ray

What does eagle ray mean?: Eagle ray means 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.
What is eagle ray in Tamil?: Eagle ray in Tamil is நமது பூமியில் காணப்படும், மீன் இனங்களில் ஒன்றாகும். See Eagle ray meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is eagle ray?: Eagle ray is a noun.
What is the plural of eagle ray?: The plural of eagle ray is eagle rays.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: eagle ray (page history and authors); eagle ray (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); കാക്കത്തിരണ്ടി (Malayalam) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated: 2026-09-02

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