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manta rays

manta rays is the plural of manta ray.

Meaning of manta ray

Noun

manta ray (plural manta rays)

  1. Any of several very large pelagic rays formerly of the genus Manta, now placed in genus Mobula, with winglike pectoral fins, a long tail, and two fins resembling horns that project from the head.
    • My favorite are the manta rays. We watch them wing past. The have the largest brain of any fish, I remember.2020, Jenny Offill, Weather, Granta Books (2021), page 181

Questions about manta rays

What is manta rays the plural of?
Manta rays is the plural of manta ray.

Words near manta rays in the dictionary

  1. mansweat
  2. manswore
  3. mansworn
  4. manta
  5. manta ray
  6. manta rays
  7. Manta-angan
  8. Mantacdang
  9. Mantalisay
  10. Mantanas
  11. mantapa

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