THORNY SKATE

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Cold-water bottom fish with spines on the back; to 40 inches

Synonyms:

Raja radiata; thorny skate

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Nouns denoting animals

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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