ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun
1. : any of several extremely large rays of the genera Manta and Mobula (family Mobulidae) that are widely distributed in warm seas ; especially : a ray ( Manta birostris ) that is common in the Gulf of Mexico and along the southern coasts of the United States though probably cosmopolitan in warm seas, that may be 15 to 20 feet wide and several feet thick with a weight considerably in excess of one ton, that has a pair of movable cephalic lobes used in guiding small fishes into the nearly toothless mouth, and that reproduces viviparously usually producing a single young at a birth
2. : octopus ; broadly : any large cephalopod
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