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THORNY SKATE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does thorny skate mean?
• THORNY SKATE (noun)
The noun THORNY SKATE has 1 sense:
1. cold-water bottom fish with spines on the back; to 40 inches
Familiarity information: THORNY SKATE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Cold-water bottom fish with spines on the back; to 40 inches
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Raja radiata; thorny skate
Hypernyms ("thorny skate" 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 ("thorny skate" is a member of...):
genus Raja; Raja (type genus of the family Rajidae)
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