eagle ray

Japanese: eagle ray(英語表記)eagleray
eagle ray

...There are theories that the broad body plates of this fish resemble a black kite bird, or that it was named eagle ray because of its habit of jumping out of the water. Its English name is eagle ray, which means a ray resembling a hawk. There are four species of eagle rays inhabiting the waters near Japan.

*Some of the terminology that mentions "eagle ray" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…体板が広いことが鳥のトビに似るとか水上に跳び上がる習性からトビエイと名付けられたとかの説がある。英名はeagle rayでタカに似たエイの意。日本近海には4種のトビエイ類が分布する。…

※「eagle ray」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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