manta ray

名词 n.
中文释义
美 /ˈmæntə ɹeɪ/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Any of several very large pelagic rays formerly of the genus Manta, now placed in genus Mobula, with winglike pectoral fins, a long tail, and two fins resembling horns that project from the head.
    — My favorite are the manta rays. We watch them wing past. The have the largest brain of any fish, I remember.

词形变化

manta rays plural

词源

From Spanish mantarraya, itself a compound from manta and raya; according to Jorge Juan y Santacilia and Antonio de Ulloa, so called “for being broad and long like a quilt”.
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