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4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Devilfish \Dev"il*fish`\, n. (Zo["o]l.) a A huge ray ({Manta birostris} or {Cephaloptera vampyrus}) of the Gulf of Mexico and Southern Atlantic coasts. Several other related species take the same name See {Cephaloptera}. b A large cephalopod, especially the very large species of {Octopus} and {Architeuthis}. See {Octopus}. c The gray whale of the Pacific coast. See {Gray whale}. d The goosefish or angler ({Lophius}), and other allied fishes. See {Angler}. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Cephaloptera \Ceph`a*lop"te*ra\, n. [NL., fr Gr ? head + ? wing.] (Zo["o]l.) 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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Gray \Gray\, a. [Compar. {Grayer}; superl. {Grayest}.] [OE. gray, grey, AS gr[=ae]g, gr[=e]g; akin to D. graauw OHG. gr[=a]o, G. grau, Dan. graa, Sw gr[*a], Icel. gr[=a]r.] [Written also {grey}.] 1. White mixed with black, as the color of pepper and salt, or of ashes, or of hair whitened by age; sometimes a dark mixed color; as the soft gray eye of a dove. These gray and dun colors may be also produced by mixing whites and blacks. --Sir I. Newton. 2. Gray-haired; gray-headed; of a gray color; hoary. 3. Old mature; as gray experience. Ames. {Gray antimony} (Min.), stibnite. {Gray buck} (Zo["o]l.), the chickara. {Gray cobalt} (Min.), smaltite. {Gray copper} (Min.), tetrahedrite. {Gray duck} (Zo["o]l.), the gadwall; also applied to the female mallard. {Gray falcon} (Zo["o]l.) the peregrine falcon. {Gray Friar}. See {Franciscan}, and {Friar}. {Gray hen} (Zo["o]l.), the female of the blackcock or black grouse. See {Heath grouse}. {Gray mill or millet} (Bot.), a name of several plants of the genus {Lithospermum}; gromwell. {Gray mullet} (Zo["o]l.) any one of the numerous species of the genus {Mugil}, or family {Mugilid[ae]}, found both in the Old World and America; as the European species ({M. capito}, and {M. auratus}), the American striped mullet ({M. albula}), and the white or silver mullet ({M. Braziliensis}). See {Mullet}. {Gray owl} (Zo["o]l.), the European tawny or brown owl ({Syrnium aluco}). The great gray owl ({Ulula cinerea}) inhabits arctic America. {Gray parrot} (Zo["o]l.), a parrot ({Psittacus erithacus}), very commonly domesticated, and noted for its aptness in learning to talk. {Gray pike}. (Zo["o]l.) See {Sauger}. {Gray snapper} (Zo["o]l.), a Florida fish; the sea lawyer. See {Snapper}. {Gray snipe} (Zo["o]l.), the dowitcher in winter plumage. {Gray whale} (Zo["o]l.), a rather large and swift California whale ({Rhachianectes glaucus}), formerly taken in large numbers in the bays; -- called also {grayback}, {devilfish}, and {hardhead}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: devilfish n 1: medium-sized grayish-black whale of the north Pacific [syn: {gray whale}, {Eschrichtius gibbosus}, {Eschrichtius robustus}] 2: bottom-living cephalopod having a soft oval body with eight long tentacles [syn: {octopus}] 3: extremely large pelagic tropical ray that feeds on plankton and small fishes; usually harmless but its size make it dangerous if harpooned [syn: {manta}, {manta ray}]
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