eagle ray

eagle ray

n.

Any of numerous rays of the family Myliobatidae, found in tropical and subtropical shallow seas and noted for their massive jaws and large winglike pectoral fins, which they flap for propulsion.

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Noun

1.

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 ray - cartilaginous fishes having horizontally flattened bodies and enlarged winglike pectoral fins with gills on the underside; most swim by moving the pectoral fins family Myliobatidae, Myliobatidae - eagle rays Aetobatus narinari, spotted eagle ray, spotted ray - ray with back covered with white or yellow spots; widely distributed in warm seas cow-nosed ray, cownose ray, Rhinoptera bonasus - large ray found along eastern coast of North America