| 单词 | starry ray |
| 释义 | > as lemmasstarry ray starry ray n. any of various skates (family Rajidae), having small dark spots or small projecting thorns with star-shaped bases scattered over the upper surface, esp. Amblyraja radiata.The terms skate and ray have often been used interchangeably; in modern usage, skates belong to the order Rajiformes and rays to the orders Myliobatiformes, Torpediniformes, and Pristiformes. ΚΠ 1808 E. Donovan Nat. Hist. Brit. Fishes V. Pl. cxiv. (heading) Raja radiata. Starry Ray. 1835 L. Jenyns Man. Brit. Vertebr. Animals 517 R. radiata, Don. (Starry Ray)..skin smooth; but thickly studded with strong conical spines, intermixed with more numerous smaller ones, radiating at the base. 1996 N. Ungaro et al. in Sel. Papers 3rd Techn. Consultation Stock Assessm. Central Mediterranean 1994 U.N. F.A.O. Fisheries Rep. No. 533 Suppl. 89 Raja asterias. The starry ray, collected sporadically between 20 and 350 m. 2002 M. J. Kaiser & S. Jennings in P. J. B. Hart & J. D. Reynolds Handbk. Fish Biol. & Fisheries xvi. 343/1 Common skate (Raja batis) have the steepest slope for the decline in catch rates through time, whereas the smaller starry rays (Raja radiata) actually show an increase in population numbers. < as lemmas |
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