Meaning

2 senses

  1. A kind of fabric or blanket used in Latin America and southwestern United States.

    a blanket that is used as a cloak or shawl

  2. A manta ray (Mobula spp.).

Examples

4 sentences

  1. Tom swam with the manta rays.

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  2. Manta rays are not very common in these waters.

    deMantarochen sind in diesen Gewässern nicht so häufig.

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  3. Each manta ray has been placed in a category depending on its unique underbelly markings.

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  4. They told me a manta ray is a type of shark. Is it true?

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Origin

Borrowed from Spanish manta (“blanket”).

Borrowed from Spanish manta (“blanket”).

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Forms

plural: mantas
Singularmanta
Pluralmantas

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • extremely large pelagic tropical ray that feeds on plankton and small fishes; usually harmless but its size make it dangerous if harpooned:manta raydevilfish

See also

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