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Ray \Ray\, n. [F. raie, L. raia. Cf. {Roach}.] (Zool.)
(a) Any one of numerous elasmobranch fishes of the order
Raiae, including the skates, torpedoes, sawfishes, etc.
(b) In a restricted sense, any of the broad, flat,
narrow-tailed species, as the skates and sting rays. See
{Skate}.
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{Bishop ray}, a yellow-spotted, long-tailed eagle ray
({Aetobatus narinari} syn. {Stoasodon narinari}) of the
Southern United States and the West Indies; also called
the {spotted eagle ray} and {white-spotted eagle ray}.
{Butterfly ray}, a short-tailed American sting ray
({Pteroplatea Maclura}), having very broad pectoral fins.
{Devil ray}. See {Sea Devil}.
{Eagle ray}, any large ray of the family {Myliobatidae}, or
{Aetobatidae}. The common European species ({Myliobatis
aquila}) is called also {whip ray}, and {miller}.
{Electric ray}, or {Cramp ray}, a torpedo.
{Starry ray}, a common European skate ({Raia radiata}).
{Sting ray}, any one of numerous species of rays of the
family {Trygonidae} having one or more large, sharp,
barbed dorsal spines on the whiplike tail. Called also
{stingaree}.
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Starry \Star"ry\ (st[aum]r"r[y^]), a.
1. Abounding with stars; adorned with stars. "Above the
starry sky." --Pope.
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2. Consisting of, or proceeding from, the stars; stellar;
stellary; as, starry light; starry flame.
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Do not Christians and Heathens, Jews and Gentiles,
poets and philosophers, unite in allowing the starry
influence? --Sir W.
Scott.
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3. Shining like stars; sparkling; as, starry eyes.
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4. Arranged in rays like those of a star; stellate.
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{Starry ray} (Zool.), a European skate ({Raia radiata}); --
so called from the stellate bases of the dorsal spines.
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