manta-ray
noun, plural man·tas 
[-tuh
z; Spanish -tahs] .
[-tuhz; Spanish -tahs] . 1.
(in Spain and Spanish America) a cloak or wrap.
2.
the type of blanket or cloth used on a horse or mule.
3.
Military. a movable shelter formerly used to protect besiegers, as when attacking a fortress.
4.
Ichthyology. Also called manta ray, devil ray, devilfish. any of several tropical rays of the small family Mobulidae, especially of the genus Manta, measuring from 2 to 24 feet (0.6 to 7.3 meters) across, including the pectoral fins.
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| —n | |
| 1. | manta ray, devilfish, Also called: 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 |
| [Spanish: cloak, from Vulgar Latin; see | |
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Word Origin & History
manta
very large ray, also called devilfish, 1760, from Sp. manta "blanket" (1748 in this sense, specifically in ref. to a type of wrap or cloak worn by Spaniards), from L. mantellum "cloak" (see mantle). The ray so called "for being broad and long like a quilt" [Jorge Juan and
Antonio de Ulloa, "A Voyage to South America"].
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