SPOTTED EAGLE RAY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does spotted eagle ray mean? 

• SPOTTED EAGLE RAY (noun)
  The noun SPOTTED EAGLE RAY has 1 sense:

1. ray with back covered with white or yellow spots; widely distributed in warm seas

  Familiarity information: SPOTTED EAGLE RAY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SPOTTED EAGLE RAY (noun)

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Meaning:

Ray with back covered with white or yellow spots; widely distributed in warm seas

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Aetobatus narinari; spotted eagle ray; spotted ray

Hypernyms ("spotted eagle 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 ("spotted eagle ray" is a member of...):

Aetobatus; genus Aetobatus (a genus of Myliobatidae)