Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun rhinoptera_bonasus
1 sense of rhinoptera bonasus
Sense 1
cownose ray, cow-nosed ray, Rhinoptera bonasus -- (large ray found along eastern coast of North America)
=> 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)