1
: a square piece of cloth or blanket used in southwestern U.S. and Latin America usually as a cloak or shawl
2
[American Spanish, from Spanish; from its shape]
: manta ray
Examples of manta in a Sentence
a manta glided along the sea bottom
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Now, their family-first manta is more important than ever.
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Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 17 June 2024
Behind them were women in brown vicuña mantas and bowlers.
—Aatish Taseer, New York Times, 9 Nov. 2023
Rogen and John Cena play the duo of warthog Bebop and rhino Rocksteady, Rose Byrne is toothy Australian gator Leatherhead, Post Malone cameos as silky-singing manta Ray Fillet and Paul Rudd is the scene-stealing Mondo Gecko.
—Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 31 July 2023
Just offshore, the warm waters near Espiritu Santo Island (a UNESCO World Heritage site) teem with playful sea lions, manta and mobula rays, giant squid, dolphins, and Baja’s most famous underwater resident: the whale shark.
—Krista Simmons, Sunset Magazine, 22 May 2023
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Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 17 June 2024
Behind them were women in brown vicuña mantas and bowlers.
—Aatish Taseer, New York Times, 9 Nov. 2023
Rogen and John Cena play the duo of warthog Bebop and rhino Rocksteady, Rose Byrne is toothy Australian gator Leatherhead, Post Malone cameos as silky-singing manta Ray Fillet and Paul Rudd is the scene-stealing Mondo Gecko.
—Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 31 July 2023
Just offshore, the warm waters near Espiritu Santo Island (a UNESCO World Heritage site) teem with playful sea lions, manta and mobula rays, giant squid, dolphins, and Baja’s most famous underwater resident: the whale shark.
—Krista Simmons, Sunset Magazine, 22 May 2023
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“Manta.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/manta. Accessed 14 Nov. 2024.
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