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Manta

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Noun

1. manta

a blanket that is used as a cloak or shawl

2. devilfish, manta, manta ray

extremely large pelagic tropical ray that feeds on plankton and small fishes; usually harmless but its size make it dangerous if harpooned

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Manta

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noun
1. Also called: manta ray, devilfish, devil ray
any large ray (fish) of the family Mobulidae, having very wide winglike pectoral fins and feeding on plankton
2. 
a rough cotton cloth made in Spain and Spanish America
3. 
a piece of this used as a blanket or shawl
4.  another word for mantelet (sense 2)

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Manta

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noun
1.  US
a. 
coarse cotton cloth used for cheap shawls, capes, etc. in Spanish America
b. 
a shawl, cape, etc. made of this
2.  US
a horse blanket or horse cloth
3. 
any of a family (Mobulidae, order Myliobatiformes) of usually giant rays with winglike pectoral fins, living near the surface of warm seas while feeding on plankton or small fish; devilfish
: also manta ray

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Manta

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n.
1. A rough-textured cotton fabric or blanket made and used in Spanish America and the southwest United States.
2. A very large ray (Manta birostris) inhabiting tropical and subtropical seas, having a whiplike tail and two hornlike fins that project forward from the head, and feeding on plankton. Also called devil ray, manta ray.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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