S: (n) ray (any of the stiff bony spines in the fin of a fish)
S: (n) ray (cartilaginous fishes having horizontally flattened bodies and enlarged winglike pectoral fins with gills on the underside; most swim by moving the pectoral fins)
S: (n) electric ray, crampfish, numbfish, torpedo (any sluggish bottom-dwelling ray of the order Torpediniformes having a rounded body and electric organs on each side of the head capable of emitting strong electric discharges)
S: (n) sawfish (primitive ray with sharp teeth on each edge of a long flattened snout)
S: (n) eagle ray (powerful free-swimming tropical ray noted for `soaring' by flapping winglike fins; usually harmless but has venomous tissue near base of the tail as in stingrays)
S: (n) manta, manta ray, devilfish (extremely large pelagic tropical ray that feeds on plankton and small fishes; usually harmless but its size make it dangerous if harpooned)
S: (n) Atlantic manta, Manta birostris (largest manta (to 22 feet across wings); found worldwide but common in Gulf of Mexico and along southern coasts of United States; primarily oceanic)
S: (n) skate (large edible rays having a long snout and thick tail with pectoral fins continuous with the head; swim by undulating the edges of the pectoral fins)
S: (v) ray (emit as rays) "That tower rays a laser beam for miles across the sky"
S: (v) radiate, ray (extend or spread outward from a center or focus or inward towards a center) "spokes radiate from the hub of the wheel"; "This plants radiate spines in all directions"