Definition of skate

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Skate (n.) Any one of numerous species of large, flat elasmobranch fishes of the genus Raia, having a long, slender tail, terminated by a small caudal fin. The pectoral fins, which are large and broad and united to the sides of the body and head, give a somewhat rhombic form to these fishes. The skin is more or less spinose..

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Tinker :: Tinker (n.) A skate.
Glide :: Glide (v. i.) To move gently and smoothly; to pass along without noise, violence, or apparent effort; to pass rapidly and easily, or with a smooth, silent motion, as a river in its channel, a bird in the air, a skater over ice..
Scad :: Scad (n.) The friar skate.
Raiae :: Raiae (n. pl.) The order of elasmobranch fishes which includes the sawfishes, skates, and rays; -- called also Rajae, and Rajii..
Polo :: Polo (n.) A similar game played on the ice, or on a prepared floor, by players wearing skates..
Scyllite :: Scyllite (n.) A white crystalline substance of a sweetish taste, resembling inosite and metameric with dextrose. It is extracted from the kidney of the dogfish (of the genus Scylium), the shark, and the skate..
Thornback :: Thornback (n.) A European skate (Raia clavata) having thornlike spines on its back.
Maid :: Maid (n.) The female of a ray or skate, esp. of the gray skate (Raia batis), and of the thornback (R. clavata)..
Skate :: Skate (v. i.) To move on skates.
Rink :: Rink (n.) An artificial sheet of ice, generally under cover, used for skating; also, a floor prepared for skating on with roller skates, or a building with such a floor..
Skated :: Skated (imp. & p. p.) of Skat.
Rocker :: Rocker (n.) A skate with a curved blade, somewhat resembling in shape the rocker of a cradle..
Stroke :: Stroke (v. t.) One of a series of beats or movements against a resisting medium, by means of which movement through or upon it is accomplished; as, the stroke of a bird's wing in flying, or an oar in rowing, of a skater, swimmer, etc..
Nasobuccal :: Nasobuccal (a.) Connected with both the nose and the mouth; as, the nasobuccal groove in the skate..
Toe :: Toe (n.) Anything, or any part, corresponding to the toe of the foot; as, the toe of a boot; the toe of a skate..
Skate :: Skate (n.) A metallic runner with a frame shaped to fit the sole of a shoe, -- made to be fastened under the foot, and used for moving rapidly on ice..
Scate :: Scate (n.) See Skate, for the foot..
Skate :: Skate (n.) Any one of numerous species of large, flat elasmobranch fishes of the genus Raia, having a long, slender tail, terminated by a small caudal fin. The pectoral fins, which are large and broad and united to the sides of the body and head, give a somewhat rhombic form to these fishes. The skin is more or less spinose..
Learn :: Learn (v. t.) To gain knowledge or information of; to ascertain by inquiry, study, or investigation; to receive instruction concerning; to fix in the mind; to acquire understanding of, or skill; as, to learn the way; to learn a lesson; to learn dancing; to learn to skate; to learn the violin; to learn the truth about something..
Sea Purse :: Sea purse () The horny egg case of a skate, and of certain sharks..
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