as in ray
any of several extremely large rays they saw a devilfish when they went scuba diving in the Caribbean, but it swam away quickly

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Noun
  • Cape marigold flowers resemble large daisies with vibrant orange, yellow, purple, pink, or white ray petals surrounding a pollen-rich eye that attracts bees and butterflies.
    Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 15 Sep. 2025
  • The sun’s rays complicate things.
    Joseph Howlett, Quanta Magazine, 15 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Also in the Tuamotus, on the atoll of Tikehau, divers head out to Tuheiava Pass with Tikehau Diving for regular sightings of mantas at a cleaning station (pinnacles that draw large fish to have their gills, teeth, and carapaces cleaned by smaller ones).
    Terry Ward, AFAR Media, 11 Sep. 2025
  • From freezer reshuffling to roadside inspections mid-journey to the Smithsonian, the manta’s journey to formal recognition was as dramatic as the discovery itself.
    Melissa Cristina Márquez, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Research has documented plastics in a variety of sharks (such as whale sharks, basking sharks, manta rays, Atlantic sharpnose sharks, and a few demersal sharks to name a few) across different habitats.
    Melissa Cristina Márquez, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
  • The director was initially skeptical of Kennedy’s stories about riding a giant manta ray.
    Addie Morfoot, Variety, 15 Sep. 2025
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“Devilfish.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/devilfish. Accessed 20 Sep. 2025.

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