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The pristine reefs here are home to an abundance of marine life and endless underwater cleaning stations that attract resident manta rays, whale sharks, and turtles.
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Terry Ward, AFAR Media, 11 Sep. 2025
This problem, though, has been beautifully solved by evolution in remora suckerfish, which use an adhesive disk on top of their heads to attach to animals like dolphins, sharks, and even manta rays.
—Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 9 Aug. 2025
More than a dozen species of stingrays are found in Florida's waters, including the southern stingray, the yellow stingray, the Atlantic stingray, and several manta rays, per the FWC.
—Charlotte Phillipp, People.com, 4 Aug. 2025
Giant manta rays must constantly swim and cover significant distances during seasonal migrations.
—Skyler Swisher, The Orlando Sentinel, 25 July 2025
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Terry Ward, AFAR Media, 11 Sep. 2025
This problem, though, has been beautifully solved by evolution in remora suckerfish, which use an adhesive disk on top of their heads to attach to animals like dolphins, sharks, and even manta rays.
—Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 9 Aug. 2025
More than a dozen species of stingrays are found in Florida's waters, including the southern stingray, the yellow stingray, the Atlantic stingray, and several manta rays, per the FWC.
—Charlotte Phillipp, People.com, 4 Aug. 2025
Giant manta rays must constantly swim and cover significant distances during seasonal migrations.
—Skyler Swisher, The Orlando Sentinel, 25 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for manta ray
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Furthermore, vitamin C works with vitamin E to protect your skin against harmful UV rays.—
Isabel Vasquez RD LDN,
Health,
29 Sep. 2025
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Solar Bay, meanwhile, has the same cross-platform appeal (and phone-OS compatibility), but is meant for systems that support ray tracing.—
Wendy Sheehan Donnell,
PC Magazine,
29 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Among certain species of anglerfish, like those in the sea devil (Ceratiidae) family, males are little more than sperm sacs with nostrils.—
Katherine J. Wu,
Smithsonian Magazine,
14 Feb. 2020
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Also in the Tuamotus, on the atoll of Tikehau, divers head out to Tuheiava Pass with Tikehau Diving for regular sightings of mantas at a cleaning station (pinnacles that draw large fish to have their gills, teeth, and carapaces cleaned by smaller ones).—
Terry Ward,
AFAR Media,
11 Sep. 2025
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From freezer reshuffling to roadside inspections mid-journey to the Smithsonian, the manta’s journey to formal recognition was as dramatic as the discovery itself.—
Melissa Cristina Márquez,
Forbes.com,
1 Aug. 2025
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“Manta ray.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/manta%20ray. Accessed 2 Oct. 2025.
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