资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Devilfish \Dev"il*fish`\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) A huge ray ({Manta birostris} or {Cephaloptera vampyrus})
of the Gulf of Mexico and Southern Atlantic coasts.
Several other related species take the same name. See
{Cephaloptera}.
(b) A large cephalopod, especially the very large species of
{Octopus} and {Architeuthis}. See {Octopus}.
(c) The gray whale of the Pacific coast. See {Gray whale}.
(d) The goosefish or angler ({Lophius}), and other allied
fishes. See {Angler}.
Cephaloptera \Ceph`a*lop"te*ra\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? head + ?
wing.] (Zo["o]l.)
One of the generic names of the gigantic ray ({Manta
birostris}), known as {devilfish} and {sea devil}. It is
common on the coasts of South Carolina, Florida, and farther
south. Some of them grow to enormous size, becoming twenty
feet of more across the body, and weighing more than a ton.
资料来源 : WordNet®
Manta birostris
n : largest manta (to 22 feet across wings); found worldwide but
common in Gulf of Mexico and along southern coasts of
United States; primarily oceanic [syn: {Atlantic manta}]