thornback

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. Any animal with a thorny back, especially marine animals, such as:; The thornback skate (Dentiraja lemprieri), a fish endemic to Australia.
  4. A woman over a certain age (variously 26 or 30) who has never married, older than a spinster. archaic
    — [A] society of honest gentlemen [is holding a lottery] for the benefit of all single ladies, widows, maids, or thornbacks […]

词形变化

thornbacks plural

词源

From Middle English thornbak; equivalent to thorn + back.
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