manta
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That day, he also saw groups of uniquely colored manta rays — some were a tan brown, and others were gray with a black stripe, called spinetail devil rays.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2026
It looks more like a manta ray than the tube-with-wings blueprint that’s been the default for over 70 years.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
The Gulf of Mexico is home to at least 19 other threatened and endangered species including various types of turtles, the giant manta ray and mountainous star coral.
From BBC ● Mar. 31, 2026
Similar actions have been documented in manta rays and dolphins, which release bubbles and observe them rising in a mirror.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 23, 2026
I draw a sweeping abstract something that’s a cross between an amoeba and a manta ray with eyes and mouths in unexpected places.
From "Challenger Deep" by Neal Shusterman
Despite this, up to 1,000 giant mantas are thought to be harvested from specific locations every year for their meat and gill rakers, the latter being traded as Chinese medicine.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 27, 2018
Coral and colorful, small fish are almost always around, but mantas, hammerhead sharks and turtles are in shorter supply.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 3, 2016
Because manta-ray gills have become a popular cure for impotency in Chinese medicine, fishermen have now turned to hunting mantas.
From New York Times ● Sep. 7, 2012
There were mantas twice your size on the Ras.”
From The New Yorker ● Jul. 26, 2010
The women who were already in mourning for my uncle Lucas took this opportunity to place their mantas over their faces and to scurry to their homes before the hellish storm raised its head again.
From "Bless Me, Ultima" by Rudolfo Anaya
