| devilfish | | |
| n. (animal) | 1. devilfish, eschrichtius gibbosus, eschrichtius robustus, gray whale, grey whale | medium-sized greyish-black whale of the northern Pacific. |
| ~ baleen whale, whalebone whale | whale with plates of whalebone along the upper jaw for filtering plankton from the water. |
| ~ eschrichtius, genus eschrichtius | type and sole genus of the Eschrichtiidae. |
| n. (animal) | 2. devilfish, octopus | bottom-living cephalopod having a soft oval body with eight long tentacles. |
| ~ octopod | a cephalopod with eight arms but lacking an internal shell. |
| ~ genus octopus | type genus of the family Octopodidae. |
| ~ octopus | tentacles of octopus prepared as food. |
| n. (animal) | 3. devilfish, manta, manta ray | extremely large pelagic tropical ray that feeds on plankton and small fishes; usually harmless but its size make it dangerous if harpooned. |
| ~ ray | cartilaginous fishes having horizontally flattened bodies and enlarged winglike pectoral fins with gills on the underside; most swim by moving the pectoral fins. |
| ~ family mobulidae, mobulidae | large rays lacking venomous spines: mantas. |
| ~ atlantic manta, manta birostris | largest manta (to 22 feet across wings); found worldwide but common in Gulf of Mexico and along southern coasts of United States; primarily oceanic. |
| ~ devil ray, mobula hypostoma | small manta (to 4 feet) that travels in schools. |
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