Cephaloptera
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One of the generic names of the gigantic ray (Manta birostris),known as devilfish and sea devil. It is common on the coasts of SouthCarolina, Florida, and farther south. Some of them grow to enormoussize, becoming twenty feet of more across the body, and weighing morethan a ton.
Cephaloptera meaning & definition 1 of Cephaloptera.