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All about skate. Dicitonary defintion and related links for skate. Many people are interested in knowing more about skate. Definition for Skateipsum lorem sum ipsum lorem sum ipsum lorem sum ipsum lorem sum ipsum lorem sum ipsum lorem sum ipsum lorem sum ipsum lorem sum ipsum lorem sum ipsum lorem sum ipsum lorem sum ipsum lorem sum Scad (?), n. [Gael. & Ir. sgadan a herring.] (Zool.) (a) A small carangoid fish (Trachurus saurus) abundant on the European coast, and less common on the American. The name is applied also to several allied species. (b) The goggler; -- called also big-eyed scad. See Goggler. (c) The friar skate. [Scot.] (d) The cigar fish, or round robin.Scatch"es (?), n. pl. [OF. eschaces, F. Scyl"lite (?), n. (Chem.) 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 Scyllium), the shark, and the skate.Sea" purse` (sShad (shOn sounding skates, a thousand different ways, Roller skate. See under Roller.Skate, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Skated; p. pr. & vb. n. Skating.] To move on skates. Skate's egg. See Sea purse. -- Skate sucker, any marine leech of the genus Pontobdella, parasitic on skates.Skat"er (?), n. 1. One who skates. Starry ray (Zool.), a European skate (Raia radiata); -- so called from the stellate bases of the dorsal spines. 9. 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.; also: (Rowing) (a) The rate of succession of stroke; as, a quick stroke. (b) The oar nearest the stern of a boat, by which the other oars are guided; -- called also stroke oar. (c) The rower who pulls the stroke oar; the strokesman.Scad (?), n. [Gael. & Ir. sgadan a herring.] (Zool.) (a) A small carangoid fish (Trachurus saurus) abundant on the European coast, and less common on the American. The name is applied also to several allied species. (b) The goggler; -- called also big-eyed scad. See Goggler. (c) The friar skate. [Scot.] (d) The cigar fish, or round robin.Scatch"es (?), n. pl. [OF. eschaces, F. Scyl"lite (?), n. (Chem.) 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 Scyllium), the shark, and the skate.Sea" purse` (sShad (shOn sounding skates, a thousand different ways, Roller skate. See under Roller.Skate, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Skated; p. pr. & vb. n. Skating.] To move on skates. Skate's egg. See Sea purse. -- Skate sucker, any marine leech of the genus Pontobdella, parasitic on skates.Skat"er (?), n. 1. One who skates. Starry ray (Zool.), a European skate (Raia radiata); -- so called from the stellate bases of the dorsal spines. 9. 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.; also: (Rowing) (a) The rate of succession of stroke; as, a quick stroke. (b) The oar nearest the stern of a boat, by which the other oars are guided; -- called also stroke oar. (c) The rower who pulls the stroke oar; the strokesman.Scatch"es (?), n. pl. [OF. eschaces, F. Scate (sk SkateSkate (sk SkateSkate, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Skated; p. pr. & vb. n. Skating.] To move on skates. SkateSkate, n. [Icel. skata; cf. Prov. G. schatten, meer-schatten, L. squatus, squatina, and E. shad.] (Zool.) 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. Skate's egg. See Sea purse. -- Skate sucker, any marine leech of the genus Pontobdella, parasitic on skates. Skater Skate CharacteristicsSoundex: S300 There were 1 instance(s) of "e" in the word. There were 1 instance(s) of "k" in the word. There were 1 instance(s) of "s" in the word. There were 1 instance(s) of "t" in the word. |
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