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Webster 1913 Edition


Sea devil

Sea′ devˊil

(Zool.)
(a)
Any very large ray, especially any species of the genus
Manta
or
Cephaloptera
, some of which become more than twenty feet across and weigh several tons. See also
Ox ray
, under
Ox
.
(b)
Any large cephalopod, as a large Octopus, or a giant squid (
Architeuthis
). See
Devilfish
.
(c)
The angler.