mobulan.

Brit.

/ˈmɒbjᵿlə/, U.S.

/ˈmɑbjələ/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin Mobula.

Etymology: < scientific Latin Mobula, genus name ( C.S. Rafinesque-Schmaltz Indice d'ittiologia siciliana (1810) 61), alteration of mobular, specific name (P. Bonnaterre in Encyclopédie méthodique (1788) CXXVII. 5/2) < French mobular (1777), of unknown origin.The fish was first described (in French) by H. L. Duhamel du Monceau, who called it mobular , reporting that it was so called by the people of the Caribbean, and that the word literally meant ‘devil of the sea’ (compare devil ray n. at devil n. Compounds 2). However, no likely etymon has been identified, and the word does not fit the morphology of either the Cariban or Arawak languages of the region.

More fully mobula ray. Any of various rays of the genus Mobula (family Myliobatidae), typically having a ventral mouth and lacking a tail spine. Also (in form Mobula): the genus itself. Occasionally with distinguishing word. Cf. devil ray n. at devil n. Compounds 2.The genus Mobula now includes rays formerly belonging to the genus Manta.

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1851 J. E. Gray List Specimens Brit. Animals Brit. Mus.: Fish 140 Cephaloptera,..Raia,..Mobula,..Fam. Cephalopteræ.

1889 F. Day Fishes of India 744 Myliobatidae... Genus, 4–Dicerobatis, Blainville. [synonyms] Cephaloptera and Mobula.

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.

1931 E. G. Boulenger Fishes iv. 56 The Devil Fishes of the Florida coast (Mobula) may measure over twenty feet in expanse and attain a weight of 1,250 pounds.

1970 Copeia No. 2 316/1 The following mantas were identified as hosts of R. albescens: Atlantic manta, Manta birostris.., and the smoothtail mobula, Mobula lucasana.

2014 Guardian 2 Oct. (G2 section) 19/2 We had just jumped back into our boats when we suddenly saw all these mobula rays breaching, jumping about 6ft into the air.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	mobula
释义	mobulan. Brit. /ˈmɒbjᵿlə/, U.S. /ˈmɑbjələ/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin Mobula. Etymology: < scientific Latin Mobula, genus name ( C.S. Rafinesque-Schmaltz Indice d'ittiologia siciliana (1810) 61), alteration of mobular, specific name (P. Bonnaterre in Encyclopédie méthodique (1788) CXXVII. 5/2) < French mobular (1777), of unknown origin.The fish was first described (in French) by H. L. Duhamel du Monceau, who called it mobular , reporting that it was so called by the people of the Caribbean, and that the word literally meant ‘devil of the sea’ (compare devil ray n. at devil n. Compounds 2). However, no likely etymon has been identified, and the word does not fit the morphology of either the Cariban or Arawak languages of the region. More fully mobula ray. Any of various rays of the genus Mobula (family Myliobatidae), typically having a ventral mouth and lacking a tail spine. Also (in form Mobula): the genus itself. Occasionally with distinguishing word. Cf. devil ray n. at devil n. Compounds 2.The genus Mobula now includes rays formerly belonging to the genus Manta. ΚΠ 1851 J. E. Gray List Specimens Brit. Animals Brit. Mus.: Fish 140 Cephaloptera,..Raia,..Mobula,..Fam. Cephalopteræ. 1889 F. Day Fishes of India 744 Myliobatidae... Genus, 4–Dicerobatis, Blainville. [synonyms] Cephaloptera and Mobula. 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. 1931 E. G. Boulenger Fishes iv. 56 The Devil Fishes of the Florida coast (Mobula) may measure over twenty feet in expanse and attain a weight of 1,250 pounds. 1970 Copeia No. 2 316/1 The following mantas were identified as hosts of R. albescens: Atlantic manta, Manta birostris.., and the smoothtail mobula, Mobula lucasana. 2014 Guardian 2 Oct. (G2 section) 19/2 We had just jumped back into our boats when we suddenly saw all these mobula rays breaching, jumping about 6ft into the air. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1851
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