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Definition of Manta birostris
1. Noun. Largest manta (to 22 feet across wings); found worldwide but common in Gulf of Mexico and along southern coasts of United States; primarily oceanic.
Generic synonyms: Devilfish, Manta, Manta Ray
Group relationships: Genus Manta
Lexicographical Neighbors of Manta Birostris
Literary usage of Manta birostris
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Fishes by David Starr Jordan (1907)
"Manta birostris. It is said to be much dreaded by the pearl- fishers, who fear
that it will devour them " after enveloping them in its vast wings. ..."
2. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington by Biological Society of Washington (1915)
"Manta birostris (Walbaum). DEVILFISH. In July, 1909, I saw one of these rays,
having a width of at least twenty feet, leap from the water. ..."
3. Two Years in the Jungle: The Experiences of a Hunter and Naturalist in India by William Temple Hornaday (1885)
"... compare in size with some of the monster rays known to inhabit the vicinity
of Madagascar, nor yet the gigantic devil-fish (Manta birostris. Walb. ..."
4. Reports of the North Carolina Geological and Economic Survey (1907)
"Manta birostris. This fish is reported by the fishermen of Cape Lookout as
occasionally seen and is called by them the "devil-fish", a name which in North ..."
5. Favorite Fish and Fishing by James Alexander Henshall (1908)
"... lead of Victor Hugo, the octopus is often called " devil-fish," but the name
rightly belongs to this fish, the largest of the rays (Manta birostris). ..."
6. The Fishes of Panama Bay by Charles Henry Gilbert, Edwin Chapin Starks (1904)
"... added the following forms, unrecorded as yet from Panama, but known from other
localities on the Pacific Coast of North America: Manta birostris Scomber ..."
7. Sharks of Florida, the Bahamas, the Caribbean and the Gulf of Mexico by Jeremy Stafford-Deitsch (2000)
"Their more impressive members include the eagle ray Aetobatus narinari and the
manta ray Manta birostris. Pioneering research on the eagle ray in Bimini, ..."
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