[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

skate \skate\, 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.
   1913 webster

   note: some of the species are used for food, as the european
         blue or gray skate raia batis, which sometimes
         weighs nearly 200 pounds. the american smooth, or
         barn-door, skate raia laevis is also a large
         species, often becoming three or four feet across. the
         common spiny skate raia erinacea is much smaller.
         1913 webster

   skate's egg. see sea purse.

   skate sucker, any marine leech of the genus pontobdella,
      parasitic on skates.
      1913 webster
see also:
raia raia batis raia laevis raia erinacea skate's egg sea purse 
skate sucker pontobdella 

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