Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

Himantura

Arabic translation:

هيمانتورا

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English term

Himantura

English to Arabic Science Forestry / Wood / Timber Fish and sharks name
Type of stingray fish family. looking for a specific name.

General name is أسماك اللخمة

Proposed translations

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هيمانتورا

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agree Youssef Chabat
2 mins
agree Saeed Najmi
21 mins
neutral Milena Atanasova : This source is highly suspect, I'd say. Lots of machine translations, the connection to Wikipedia seems unclear. Links starting with ar. seem to be machine translations
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Many links support the translation: https://www.google.com/search?ie=UTF-8&client=ms-android-sam...
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الورنك

https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/ورنك_(نوع_من_الشفنين_البحري)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Himantura
"Himantura is a genus of stingray in the family Dasyatidae that is native to the Indo-Pacific."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reticulate_whipray
The reticulate whipray or honeycomb stingray (Himantura uarnak) is a species of stingray in the family Dasyatidae. It inhabits coastal waters in the western Indian Ocean includin
ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/ورنك_(نوع_من_الشفنين_البحري)
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سوطي الذيل

أو الراي سوطي الذيل
Himantura is the genus جنس, it has many species

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Himantura

Himantura australis (Australian whipray)
Himantura leoparda (Leopard whipray)
Himantura uarnak (Reticulate whipray)
Himantura undulata (Honeycomb whipray)

Himantura is always translated as whipray in English which gives راي سوطي الذيل

http://www.enature.qa/ar/specie/reticulated-whipray/
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Note added at 1 hr (2021-04-04 21:41:16 GMT)
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Here is a link that explains the Latin term Himantura

https://www.fishbase.se/summary/Himantura-uarnak

Himantura: Greek, iman, imantos = thong, strap + Greek, oura = tail
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سمك الراية

Having googled the picture, I know in Algeria it's called Raya, but then again, names of fish in Arabic vary from one country to another.
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