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LITTLE SKATE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does little skate mean?
• LITTLE SKATE (noun)
The noun LITTLE SKATE has 1 sense:
1. most plentiful skate in North American inshore waters in summer; to 21 inches
Familiarity information: LITTLE SKATE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Most plentiful skate in North American inshore waters in summer; to 21 inches
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
little skate; Raja erinacea
Hypernyms ("little 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 ("little skate" is a member of...):
genus Raja; Raja (type genus of the family Rajidae)
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