manta
noun/ˈmæntə/
/ˈmæntə/
(also manta ray)
- a large fish that lives in tropical seas and swims by moving two parts like large flat wingsTopics Fish and shellfishc2Word Originlate 17th cent.: from Latin American Spanish, literally ‘large blanket’.
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