| 单词 | maiden-skate |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmaiden-skate maiden-skate n. Scottish a young skate or thornback ray (cf. maid n.1 8). ΘΚΠ the world > animals > fish > subclass Elasmobranchii > order Hypotremata > [noun] > family Rajidae > member of genus Raia (skate) skatec1340 flathec1440 maid1569 maid-fish1665 flair1668 maiden-skatea1795 skate maid1836 tinker1836 flapper-skate1839 roker1860 rajoid1890 a1795 G. Low Fauna Orcadensis (1813) 168 The young, or, as the fishermen call them, the maiden skates, are very good eating. 1811 P. Neill in Mem. Wernerian Nat. Hist. Soc. 1 553 The young both of the thornback and the skate are denominated Maiden-skate. 1880–4 F. Day Fishes Great Brit. & Ireland II. 344 The young [of the thornback ray] termed maids, maidens, or maiden-skates. < as lemmas |
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