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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

(Zool.)

(a)

A huge ray (

Manta birostris

Cephaloptera vampyrus

) of the Gulf of Mexico and Southern Atlantic coasts. Several other related species take the same name. See

(b)

A large cephalopod, especially the very large species of

Octopus

and

Architeuthis

. See

(c)

The gray whale of the Pacific coast. See

(d)

The goosefish or angler (

Lophius

), and other allied fishes. See