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COWNOSE RAY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does cownose ray mean?
• COWNOSE RAY (noun)
The noun COWNOSE RAY has 1 sense:
1. large ray found along eastern coast of North America
Familiarity information: COWNOSE RAY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Large ray found along eastern coast of North America
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
cow-nosed ray; cownose ray; Rhinoptera bonasus
Hypernyms ("cownose ray" is a kind of...):
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)
Holonyms ("cownose ray" is a member of...):
genus Rhinoptera; Rhinoptera (a genus of Myliobatidae)
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