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RAJA ERINACEA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Most plentiful skate in North American inshore waters in summer; to 21 inches
Synonyms:
little skate; Raja erinacea
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Raja erinacea" 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 erinacea" is a member of...):
genus Raja; Raja (type genus of the family Rajidae)