| slovo | definícia |
manta
(encz) | manta,rejnok n: Zdeněk Brož |
manta
(czen) | manta,devilfish Zdeněk Brož |
Manta
(gcide) | Manta \Man"ta\, n. [From the native name.] (Zool.)
The manta ray. See also Cephaloptera and Sea devil.
[1913 Webster] |
manta
(gcide) | manta ray \manta ray\ n.
An extremely large pelagic tropical ray of the family
Mobulidae, that feeds on plankton and small fishes. It is
usually harmless but its size (up to 20 feet across and up to
a ton in weight) make it dangerous if harpooned. Called also
manta, sea devil and devilfish. See also Cephaloptera
and Sea devil.
[WordNet 1.5 +PJC] |
manta
(gcide) | Cephaloptera \Ceph`a*lop"te*ra\
(s[e^]f`[.a]*l[o^]p"t[-e]*r[.a]), n. [NL., fr. Gr. kefalh`
head + ptero`n wing.] (Zool.)
One of the generic names of the gigantic ray ({Manta
birostris}) of the family Mobulidae, known as devilfish,
sea devil, manta and manta ray. It is common on the
coasts of South Carolina, Florida, and farther south, and is
sometimes found as far north as New York Bay. Some of them
grow to enormous size, becoming twenty feet of more across
the body, and weighing more than a ton.
[1913 Webster] |
manta
(wn) | manta
n 1: a blanket that is used as a cloak or shawl
2: extremely large pelagic tropical ray that feeds on plankton
and small fishes; usually harmless but its size make it
dangerous if harpooned [syn: manta, manta ray,
devilfish] |
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adamantane
(encz) | adamantane,adamantan n: [chem.] tricyklodekan |
kalimantan
(encz) | Kalimantan, |
manta
(encz) | manta,rejnok n: Zdeněk Brož |
manta ray
(encz) | manta ray,obrovský rejnok Zdeněk Brož |
adamantan
(czen) | adamantan,adamantanen: [chem.] tricyklodekan |
manta
(czen) | manta,devilfish Zdeněk Brož |
manta
(gcide) | Manta \Man"ta\, n. [From the native name.] (Zool.)
The manta ray. See also Cephaloptera and Sea devil.
[1913 Webster]manta ray \manta ray\ n.
An extremely large pelagic tropical ray of the family
Mobulidae, that feeds on plankton and small fishes. It is
usually harmless but its size (up to 20 feet across and up to
a ton in weight) make it dangerous if harpooned. Called also
manta, sea devil and devilfish. See also Cephaloptera
and Sea devil.
[WordNet 1.5 +PJC]Cephaloptera \Ceph`a*lop"te*ra\
(s[e^]f`[.a]*l[o^]p"t[-e]*r[.a]), n. [NL., fr. Gr. kefalh`
head + ptero`n wing.] (Zool.)
One of the generic names of the gigantic ray ({Manta
birostris}) of the family Mobulidae, known as devilfish,
sea devil, manta and manta ray. It is common on the
coasts of South Carolina, Florida, and farther south, and is
sometimes found as far north as New York Bay. 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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Manta birostris
(gcide) | Devilfish \Dev"il*fish`\, n. (Zool.)
(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.
[1913 Webster]Cephaloptera \Ceph`a*lop"te*ra\
(s[e^]f`[.a]*l[o^]p"t[-e]*r[.a]), n. [NL., fr. Gr. kefalh`
head + ptero`n wing.] (Zool.)
One of the generic names of the gigantic ray ({Manta
birostris}) of the family Mobulidae, known as devilfish,
sea devil, manta and manta ray. It is common on the
coasts of South Carolina, Florida, and farther south, and is
sometimes found as far north as New York Bay. Some of them
grow to enormous size, becoming twenty feet of more across
the body, and weighing more than a ton.
[1913 Webster] |
manta ray
(gcide) | manta ray \manta ray\ n.
An extremely large pelagic tropical ray of the family
Mobulidae, that feeds on plankton and small fishes. It is
usually harmless but its size (up to 20 feet across and up to
a ton in weight) make it dangerous if harpooned. Called also
manta, sea devil and devilfish. See also Cephaloptera
and Sea devil.
[WordNet 1.5 +PJC]Cephaloptera \Ceph`a*lop"te*ra\
(s[e^]f`[.a]*l[o^]p"t[-e]*r[.a]), n. [NL., fr. Gr. kefalh`
head + ptero`n wing.] (Zool.)
One of the generic names of the gigantic ray ({Manta
birostris}) of the family Mobulidae, known as devilfish,
sea devil, manta and manta ray. It is common on the
coasts of South Carolina, Florida, and farther south, and is
sometimes found as far north as New York Bay. Some of them
grow to enormous size, becoming twenty feet of more across
the body, and weighing more than a ton.
[1913 Webster] |
atlantic manta
(wn) | Atlantic manta
n 1: 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,
Manta birostris] |
genus manta
(wn) | genus Manta
n 1: a genus of Mobulidae |
kalimantan
(wn) | Kalimantan
n 1: the part of Indonesia on the southern side of the island of
Borneo [syn: Indonesian Borneo, Kalimantan]
2: 3rd largest island in the world; in the western Pacific to
the north of Java; largely covered by dense jungle and rain
forest; part of the Malay Archipelago [syn: Borneo,
Kalimantan] |
manta
(wn) | manta
n 1: a blanket that is used as a cloak or shawl
2: extremely large pelagic tropical ray that feeds on plankton
and small fishes; usually harmless but its size make it
dangerous if harpooned [syn: manta, manta ray,
devilfish] |
manta birostris
(wn) | Manta birostris
n 1: 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,
Manta birostris] |
manta ray
(wn) | manta ray
n 1: extremely large pelagic tropical ray that feeds on plankton
and small fishes; usually harmless but its size make it
dangerous if harpooned [syn: manta, manta ray,
devilfish] |
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