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noun
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.
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noun
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.
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noun
Any animal with a thorny back, especially marine animals, such as:
The thornback skate (Dentiraja lemprieri), a fish endemic to Australia.
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noun
A woman over a certain age (variously 26 or 30) who has never married, older than a spinster.
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Usage: archaic
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History
From Middle English thornbak; equivalent to thorn + back.
