(n)largest manta (to 22 feet across wings); found worldwide but common in Gulf of Mexico and along southern coasts of United States; primarily oceanic, Syn.Manta birostris
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a. [ L. Atlanticus, fr. Atlas. See Atlas and Atlantes. ] 1. Of or pertaining to Mt. Atlas in Libya, and hence applied to the ocean which lies between Europe and Africa on the east and America on the west; as, the Atlantic Ocean (called also the Atlantic); the Atlantic basin; the Atlantic telegraph. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. Of or pertaining to the isle of Atlantis. [ 1913 Webster ]
3. Descended from Atlas. [ 1913 Webster ]
The seven Atlantic sisters. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
[i-sutoatoranteikkuafurikansupe-dofisshu](n) East Atlantic African spadefish (Ephippus goreensis, species of Eastern Atlantic spadefish)[Add to Longdo]
[uesutoafurikansupe-dofisshu](n) West African spadefish (Chaetodipterus lippei, species of Eastern Atlantic spadefish found from Senegal to Angola)[Add to Longdo]