英语词汇“manta fish”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

5. More fully manta ray (also †manta fish). Any fish of the family Mobulidae; a devil ray or devilfish; spec. one of the genus Manta, which comprises the larger species, esp. the widespread and very large M. birostris. Also (in form Manta), the genus itself.Valid publication of the genus name: E. B. Bancroft 1829, in Zool. Jrnl. 4 454.

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1758 J. Adams tr. A. de Ulloa Voy. S.-Amer. I. iii. v. 132 The mantas, or quilts... The name manta, has not been improperly given to this fish..; for being broad and long like a quilt, it wraps its fins round a man or any other animal,..and immediately squeezes it to death.

1783 J. O. Justamond tr. G. T. F. Raynal Philos. Hist. Europeans in Indies (new ed.) IV. 180 The manta fish.

1794 J. Morse Amer. Geogr. 576 (Mexico) The fish common to both oceans are, whales, dolphins,..manitis, mantas, porpoises [etc.].

1829 E. N. Bancroft in Zool. Jrnl. 4 454 The Manta has, I believe, been generally supposed to belong to the Ray family.

1872 Appletons' Jrnl. 27 Apr. 460/2 The manta-fish of the west coast of South America, which spreads eighteen feet.

1905 D. S. Jordan Guide Study of Fishes I. 448 The devil rays or mantas of the Tropical seas, Manta and Mobula being the most specialized genera.

1958 Listener 14 Aug. 247/2 The huge manta rays..opening their gills to let in the tiny cleaner-fish.

1972 Islander (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 9 Apr. 7/1 A pair of manta rays making black silhouettes in the midday sun.

1991 Atlantic Nov. 95/2 (advt.) You may get lucky and see something like a giant manta ray with a 12-foot wingspan.

单词	manta fish
释义	> as lemmas manta fish 5. More fully manta ray (also †manta fish). Any fish of the family Mobulidae; a devil ray or devilfish; spec. one of the genus Manta, which comprises the larger species, esp. the widespread and very large M. birostris. Also (in form Manta), the genus itself.Valid publication of the genus name: E. B. Bancroft 1829, in Zool. Jrnl. 4 454. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > fish > subclass Elasmobranchii > order Hypotremata > [noun] > member of family Mobulidae sea-devil1634 manta1758 vampire1867 1758 J. Adams tr. A. de Ulloa Voy. S.-Amer. I. iii. v. 132 The mantas, or quilts... The name manta, has not been improperly given to this fish..; for being broad and long like a quilt, it wraps its fins round a man or any other animal,..and immediately squeezes it to death. 1783 J. O. Justamond tr. G. T. F. Raynal Philos. Hist. Europeans in Indies (new ed.) IV. 180 The manta fish. 1794 J. Morse Amer. Geogr. 576 (Mexico) The fish common to both oceans are, whales, dolphins,..manitis, mantas, porpoises [etc.]. 1829 E. N. Bancroft in Zool. Jrnl. 4 454 The Manta has, I believe, been generally supposed to belong to the Ray family. 1872 Appletons' Jrnl. 27 Apr. 460/2 The manta-fish of the west coast of South America, which spreads eighteen feet. 1905 D. S. Jordan Guide Study of Fishes I. 448 The devil rays or mantas of the Tropical seas, Manta and Mobula being the most specialized genera. 1958 Listener 14 Aug. 247/2 The huge manta rays..opening their gills to let in the tiny cleaner-fish. 1972 Islander (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 9 Apr. 7/1 A pair of manta rays making black silhouettes in the midday sun. 1991 Atlantic Nov. 95/2 (advt.) You may get lucky and see something like a giant manta ray with a 12-foot wingspan. extracted from mantan. < as lemmas
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