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Thornback Crossword Clue

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noun

• a column of light (as from a beacon)

• a branch of an umbel or an umbelliform inflorescence

• (mathematics) a straight line extending from a point

• a group of nearly parallel lines of electromagnetic radiation

• the syllable naming the second (supertonic) note of any major scale in solmization

• any of the stiff bony spines in the fin of a fish

• cartilaginous fishes having horizontally flattened bodies and enlarged winglike pectoral fins with gills on the underside; most swim by moving the pectoral fins

verb

• emit as rays

• extend or spread outward from a center or focus or inward towards a center

• expose to radiation

20%13 Genus including the thornback skate
noun

• bottom-dwelling tropical rays: skates

14%12 A species of marine fish commonly known as the Thornback Ray
noun

• most plentiful skate in North American inshore waters in summer; to 21 inches

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New York Times29 Apr 1991 Down 61
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