"butterfly ray" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: butterfly rays [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} butterfly ray (plural butterfly rays)
  1. A ray (fish) of the family Gymnuridae (or, in some systems, the subfamily Gymnurinae). Categories (lifeform): Rays and skates Translations (ray of the family Gymnuridae): perhosrausku (Finnish)

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