bat ray
noun
: a stingray (Myliobatis californica) of coastal waters from Oregon to the Gulf of California having two long pectoral fins and a large protruding head
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Interactive programming ranges from tide pools where kids can touch sea anemones, seastars, bat rays, and horseshoe crabs to daylong whale-watching excursions.
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Sunset Magazine, 10 Sep. 2024
Bora Bora’s marine life and coral formations are a major attraction for divers and snorkelers seeking stunning scenery below the surface, which includes eagle rays, bat rays, manta rays, leopard rays, sea turtles, a variety of sharks, and tropical fish.
—Patricia Doherty, Travel + Leisure, 15 Jan. 2024
The carcasses reported so far include sturgeons, bat rays, chinook salmon and striped bass.
—oregonlive, 6 Aug. 2023
Juvenile sharks eat animals that live on the sea floor, such as crabs, squid, small fish, bat rays and stingrays — all of which are easy to find near the shore.
—Gina Errico, Los Angeles Times, 27 July 2023
Touch tanks — the shallow, interactive tide pool and bat ray exhibits — will be open for looking but not touching, at least at first, Vernon added.
—Gregory Thomas, SFChronicle.com, 22 June 2020
For decades, oyster farmers vacuumed up mature oysters from the bay floor, which ravaged the ecosystem, killing bat rays and grinding up rare eel grasses.
—Richard Stenger, SFChronicle.com, 3 July 2018
Its featured activities, which are scheduled before the park opens, include touching and feeding bat rays, interacting with moon jellies and a dolphin playtime session.
—Lori Weisberg, sandiegouniontribune.com, 20 June 2018
At times — usually at high tides on flat, calm mornings — paddlers can see bat rays hovering across the flats.
—Tom Stienstra, San Francisco Chronicle, 27 May 2018
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Sunset Magazine, 10 Sep. 2024
Bora Bora’s marine life and coral formations are a major attraction for divers and snorkelers seeking stunning scenery below the surface, which includes eagle rays, bat rays, manta rays, leopard rays, sea turtles, a variety of sharks, and tropical fish.
—Patricia Doherty, Travel + Leisure, 15 Jan. 2024
The carcasses reported so far include sturgeons, bat rays, chinook salmon and striped bass.
—oregonlive, 6 Aug. 2023
Juvenile sharks eat animals that live on the sea floor, such as crabs, squid, small fish, bat rays and stingrays — all of which are easy to find near the shore.
—Gina Errico, Los Angeles Times, 27 July 2023
Touch tanks — the shallow, interactive tide pool and bat ray exhibits — will be open for looking but not touching, at least at first, Vernon added.
—Gregory Thomas, SFChronicle.com, 22 June 2020
For decades, oyster farmers vacuumed up mature oysters from the bay floor, which ravaged the ecosystem, killing bat rays and grinding up rare eel grasses.
—Richard Stenger, SFChronicle.com, 3 July 2018
Its featured activities, which are scheduled before the park opens, include touching and feeding bat rays, interacting with moon jellies and a dolphin playtime session.
—Lori Weisberg, sandiegouniontribune.com, 20 June 2018
At times — usually at high tides on flat, calm mornings — paddlers can see bat rays hovering across the flats.
—Tom Stienstra, San Francisco Chronicle, 27 May 2018
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“Bat ray.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bat%20ray. Accessed 22 Jul. 2025.
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