eagle ray

noun

1. 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

   Less specific

   • ray

   More specific

   • spotted eagle ray, spotted ray, Aetobatus narinari, cownose ray, cow-nosed ray, Rhinoptera bonasus

   Member of

   • Myliobatidae, family Myliobatidae