Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

devil ray

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.15 in modern English

Syllables: dev-il ray
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of the rays of the genus Mobula, especially Mobula birostris, the manta ray.

Inflected Forms

devil rays (plural)

Phrases

lesser devil ray shortfin devil ray Munk's devil ray lesser Guinean devil ray Chilean devil ray

Synonyms

sea vampire mobula hypostoma

Questions

What does devil ray mean?: Any of the rays of the genus Mobula, especially Mobula birostris, the manta ray.

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