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LITTLE SKATE

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Dictionary entry overview: What does little skate mean?

• LITTLE SKATE (noun)
The noun LITTLE SKATE has 1 sense:

1. most plentiful skate in North American inshore waters in summer; to 21 inches

Familiarity information: LITTLE SKATE used as a noun is very rare.

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• LITTLE SKATE (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Most plentiful skate in North American inshore waters in summer; to 21 inches

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

little skate; Raja erinacea

Hypernyms ("little 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 ("little skate" is a member of...):

genus Raja; Raja (type genus of the family Rajidae)

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