Himantura

Arabic translation: هيمانتورا

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English term or phrase:Himantura
Arabic translation: هيمانتورا

20:32 Apr 4, 2021
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English to Arabic translations [PRO]
Science - Forestry / Wood / Timber / Fish and sharks name
English term or phrase: Himantura
Type of stingray fish family. looking for a specific name.

General name is أسماك اللخمة
Ali Nussaif
Iraq
Local time: 20:30
هيمانتورا
Explanation:
https://ar.vvikipedla.com/wiki/Himantura
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Yassine El Bouknify
Morocco
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Summary of answers provided
4 +2هيمانتورا
Yassine El Bouknify
5الورنك
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5سوطي الذيل
Hassan Achahbar
2سمك الراية
Linda Al-Bairmani


  

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himantura
هيمانتورا


Explanation:
https://ar.vvikipedla.com/wiki/Himantura

Yassine El Bouknify
Morocco
Local time: 17:30
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
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
34 mins
  -> Many links support the translation: https://www.google.com/search?ie=UTF-8&client=ms-android-sam...
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الورنك


Explanation:
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


Explanation:
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/
شفنين سوطي الذيل

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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

Hassan Achahbar
Morocco
Local time: 17:30
Native speaker of: Arabic
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سمك الراية


Explanation:
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.


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UPWI60918Zk
Linda Al-Bairmani
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Local time: 18:30
Native speaker of: Arabic
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