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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

• THORNY SKATE (noun)

Sense 1

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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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