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RAJA LAEVIS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Raja laevis mean?
• RAJA LAEVIS (noun)
The noun RAJA LAEVIS has 1 sense:
1. one of the largest skates (to 5 feet); an active skate easy to hook
Familiarity information: RAJA LAEVIS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
One of the largest skates (to 5 feet); an active skate easy to hook
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
barndoor skate; Raja laevis
Hypernyms ("Raja laevis" is a kind of...):
skate (large edible rays having a long snout and thick tail with pectoral fins continuous with the head; swim by undulating the edges of the pectoral fins)
Holonyms ("Raja laevis" is a member of...):
genus Raja; Raja (type genus of the family Rajidae)
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