单词 | starry skate |
释义 | > as lemmasstarry skate starry skate n. [compare French raie étoilée (1611 in Cotgrave, or earlier, as †raye estelée)] any of various skates (family Rajidae) having small dark spots or small projecting thorns with star-shaped bases scattered over the upper surface, esp. Raja stellulata. ΚΠ 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Raye estelée, the starrie Skate, the rugged Ray. 1886 Forest & Stream 18 Feb. 65/3 The barn-door skate, little skate, big skate, prickly skate, and starry skate, all belong to the great order of Raiæ. 1936 P. S. Barnhart Marine Fishes S. Calif. 12 Raja stellulata. Girard. Starry Skate. 2014 G. Helfman & G. H. Burgess Sharks v. 106 The major predators of Starry Skates are two species of sharks, the Greenland Shark and Tope. < as lemmas |
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