蝴蝶鳐

[ noun ]
a stingray with a short tail and a broad fin
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Ray \Ray\, n. [F. raie, L. raia. Cf. {Roach}.] (Zo["o]l.)
(a) Any one of numerous elasmobranch fishes of the order
Rai[ae], including the skates, torpedoes, sawfishes, etc.
(b) In a restricted sense, any of the broad, flat,
narrow-tailed species, as the skates and sting rays. See
{Skate}.

{Bishop ray}, a yellow-spotted, long-tailed eagle ray
({Stoasodon n[`a]rinari}) of the Southern United States
and the West Indies.

{Butterfly ray}, a short-tailed American sting ray
({Pteroplatea Maclura}), having very broad pectoral fins.


{Devil ray}. See {Sea Devil}.

{Eagle ray}, any large ray of the family {Myliobatid[ae]}, or
{[AE]tobatid[ae]}. The common European species
({Myliobatis aquila}) is called also {whip ray}, and
{miller}.

{Electric ray}, or {Cramp ray}, a torpedo.

{Starry ray}, a common European skate ({Raia radiata}).

{Sting ray}, any one of numerous species of rays of the
family {Trygonid[ae]} having one or more large, sharp,
barbed dorsal spines on the whiplike tail. Called also
{stingaree}.