English noun: eagle ray | |||
1. | eagle ray (animal) powerful free-swimming tropical ray noted for `soaring' by flapping winglike fins; usually harmless but has venomous tissue near base of the tail as in stingrays | ||
Broader (hypernym) | ray | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | Aetobatus narinari, cow-nosed ray, cownose ray, Rhinoptera bonasus, spotted eagle ray, spotted ray | ||
Member meronym | family Myliobatidae, Myliobatidae | ||