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 • Hypernyms: ray • Hyponyms: spotted eagle ray, spotted ray, Aetobatus narinari, cownose ray, cow-nosed ray, Rhinoptera bonasus • Member Holonyms: Myliobatidae, family Myliobatidae
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