thornback (English, noun)
expansion: thornback (plural thornbacks)
Senses:
glosses: Any animal with a thorny back, especially marine animals, such as:
The thornback guitarfish (Platyrhinoidis triseriata), a species of ray in the north-eastern Pacific Ocean.
glosses: Any animal with a thorny back, especially marine animals, such as:
The thornback ray or thornback skate (Raja clavata), a species of ray in the Atlantic Ocean.
glosses: Any animal with a thorny back, especially marine animals, such as:
The thornback skate (Dentiraja lemprieri), a fish endemic to Australia.
glosses: A woman over a certain age (variously 26 or 30) who has never married, older than a spinster.
tags: archaic
Forms:
form: thornbacks
tags: plural