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sea pancake

sea pancake noun: a manta ray.

sea pancake: a manta ray
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Noun

sea pancake (plural sea pancakes)

  1. (Internet, humorous) A manta ray.
    • I wanna go to the aquarium and pet the sea pancakes :-(2015 July 2, @666bongz, Twitter
    • All of these sea pancakes greeted me at once today and I felt so blessed 😍🙌🏼 #SheddAquarium2016 July 14, Michaela (@MichaelaPCecala), Twitter

Synonyms of sea pancake

Forms of sea pancake

pluralsea pancakes

Origin of sea pancake

From a jocular likening of the flattish shape of a manta ray to a pancake.

Questions about sea pancake

What does sea pancake mean?
Sea pancake means a manta ray.
What part of speech is sea pancake?
Sea pancake is a noun.
What is the plural of sea pancake?
The plural of sea pancake is sea pancakes.

Words near sea pancake in the dictionary

  1. sea owl
  2. sea owls
  3. sea oxeye
  4. sea oxeye daisy
  5. sea oxeyes
  6. sea pancake
  7. sea pancakes
  8. sea pangolin
  9. sea pangolins
  10. sea pansies
  11. sea pansy

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