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manta ray
Variant of manta
manta
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manta (man′tə; Sp män′tä)
noun
- ☆
- coarse cotton cloth used for cheap shawls, capes, etc. in Spanish America
- a shawl, cape, etc. made of this
- ☆ a horse blanket or horse cloth
- any of a family (Mobulidae, order Myliobatiformes) of usually giant rays with winglike pectoral fins, living near the surface of warm seas while feeding on plankton or small fish; devilfishalso manta ray
Etymology: Sp < LL mantum, a cloak, prob. back-form. < L mantellum: see mantle
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