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CEPHALOPTERA
Ceph `a *
lop
"
te
*
ra,
n.
Etym:
[
NL.
,
fr.
Gr.
(Zoöl.)
Defn:
One
of
the
generic
names
of
the
gigantic
ray
(
Manta
birostris ),
known
as
devilfish
and
sea
devil.
It
is
common
on
the
coasts
of
South
Carolina,
Florida,
and
farther
south.
Some
of
them
grow
to
enormous
size,
becoming
twenty
feet
of
more
across
the
body,
and
weighing
more
than
a
ton.
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