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cephaloptera |
1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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.
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