"sea devil" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: sea devils [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} sea devil (plural sea devils)
  1. Any very large ray, especially any species of the genus Manta or Cephaloptera.
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  2. Any large cephalopod.
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  3. An angler fish of species Lophius piscatorius Categories (lifeform): Anglerfish, Cephalopods, Rays and skates
    Sense id: en-sea_devil-en-noun-xb1Qy-al Disambiguation of Anglerfish: 3 7 78 12 Disambiguation of Cephalopods: 10 29 50 11 Disambiguation of Rays and skates: 7 8 63 22 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 11 12 64 13 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 13 23 52 12 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 14 14 57 15
  4. Fishes of family Ceratiidae.
    Sense id: en-sea_devil-en-noun-pTJbf3kh
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: black sea devil (taxonomic: Melanocetidae spp.)

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