Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

eagle ray

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.03 in modern English

Syllables: ea-gle ray
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of a group of cartilaginous fishes in the family Myliobatidae, consisting mostly of large species living in the open ocean rather than on the sea bottom.

Etymology

A calque of translingual Aetobatus (literally “eagle-ray”).

Inflected Forms

eagle rays (plural)

Questions

What does eagle ray mean?: Any of a group of cartilaginous fishes in the family Myliobatidae, consisting mostly of large species living in the open ocean rather than on the sea bottom.
Where does eagle ray come from?: A calque of translingual Aetobatus (literally “eagle-ray”).

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