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Thornback   Listen
noun
Thornback  n.  
1.
(Zool.) A European skate (Raia clavata) having thornlike spines on its back.
2.
(Zool.) The large European spider crab or king crab (Maia squinado).





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"Thornback" Quotes from Famous Books



... the neighbourhood; and, like a trusty servant of the public, turned out of his bed instantly and went in search; till he discovered, hanging among what he judged to be the stems of ore-weed (Laminaria), three or four large pieces of stale thornback, of most evil savour, and highly prejudicial to the purity of the sea, and the health of the neighbouring herrings. Happy Squinado! He needed not to discover the limits of his authority, to consult any lengthy Nuisances' Removal Act, with its clauses, and counter- clauses, ...
— Glaucus; or The Wonders of the Shore • Charles Kingsley
... pleas. My chambers I equipt complete, Made friends, hired books, and gave to eat; If haply to regale my friends on, My mother sent a haunch of ven'son, I most respectfully entreated The choicest company to eat it; To wit, old Buzzard, Hawk, and Crow; Item, Tom Thornback, Shark, and Co. Attorneys all as keen and staunch As e'er devoured a client's haunch. And did I not their clerks invite To taste said ven'son hash'd at night? For well I knew that hopeful fry My ...
— A Book About Lawyers • John Cordy Jeaffreson


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