manta

English - Turkish

Definition of manta in English Turkish dictionary

{i} tropik dev balık

(isim) tropik dev balık

tropikal sularda yaşayan ve altı metre kadar eni olan bir cins balık

manta ray biyol

(Askeri) YÜK ÖRTÜSÜ: Hayvan yükleri için örtü olarak kullanılan branda bezi

Related Terms

manta ray

(Hayvan Bilim, Zooloji) dev vatus balığı

Manta Ray

tropik dev balık

Turkish - Turkish

Definition of manta in Turkish Turkish dictionary

Atlas Okyanusu'nda yaşayan büyük vatoz

Denizşeytanı da denilen vatoz balığı

English - English

Definition of manta in English English dictionary

manta ray

{n} a sort of flat fish which appears like a cloud

{i} seaport in western Ecuador on Manta Bay (South America)

a blanket that is used as a cloak or shawl

{i} coarse cotton cloth or blanket generally worn as a shawl (in Spain, Latin America and Southwestern U.S.A.); manta ray, devilfish

extremely large pelagic tropical ray that feeds on plankton and small fishes; usually harmless but its size make it dangerous if harpooned

extremely large pelagic tropical ray that feeds on plankton and small fishes; usually harmless but its size make it dangerous if harpooned a blanket that is used as a cloak or shawl

See Cephaloptera and Sea devil

Related Terms

manta ray

Any of several very large pelagic rays of the genus Manta, with winglike pectoral fins, a long tail, and two fins resembling horns that project from the head

Manta Bay

inlet of the Pacific Ocean off the western coast of Ecuador

Manta Ray

any of various tropical ray fish of the family Mobulidae related to sharks, deep sea fish with a flat diamond-shaped body and a long slender tail

manta ray

or devil ray or devilfish Any of several genera of warm-water marine rays, constituting the family Mobulidae, that are wider than they are long. Extensions of the pectoral fins project from the front of the head, looking like devils' horns; these sweep plankton and small fishes into their mouths. The long, whiplike tail may have one or more stinging spines. Mantas swim near the surface by flapping their pectoral fins. The largest species, the powerful but inoffensive Atlantic manta, or giant devil, ray (Manta birostris), may grow to over 23 ft (7 m) wide; contrary to old tales, it does not envelop and eat divers

atlantic manta

largest manta (to 22 feet across wings); found worldwide but common in Gulf of Mexico and along southern coasts of United States; primarily oceanic

genus manta

a genus of Mobulidae

Turkish - English

Definition of manta in Turkish English dictionary

devil fish

Hyphenation

Man·ta

Turkish pronunciation

mäntı

Pronunciation

/ˈmantə/ /ˈmæntə/

Etymology

[ 'man-t& ] (noun.) 1697. Spanish, alteration of manto cloak, from Late Latin mantus, probably back-formation from Latin mantellum mantle.