raia clavata

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raia clavata - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Maid \Maid\, n. [Shortened from maiden. ?. See Maiden.]
     1. An unmarried woman; usually, a young unmarried woman;
        esp., a girl; a virgin; a maiden.
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              Would I had died a maid,
              And never seen thee, never borne thee son. --Shak.
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              Can a maid forget her ornaments, or a bride her
              attire? Yet my people have forgotten me. --Jer. ii.
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     2. A man who has not had sexual intercourse. [Obs.]
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              Christ was a maid and shapen as a man. --Chaucer.
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     3. A female servant.
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              Spinning amongst her maids.           --Shak.
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     Note: Maid is used either adjectively or in composition,
           signifying female, as in maid child, maidservant.
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     4. (Zool.) The female of a ray or skate, esp. of the gray
        skate (Raia batis), and of the thornback (Raia  clavata
        ). [Prov. Eng.]
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     Fair maid. (Zool.) See under Fair, a.
  
     Maid of honor, a female attendant of a queen or royal
        princess; -- usually of noble family, and having to
        perform only nominal or honorary duties.
  
     Old maid. See under Old.
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  Thornback \Thorn"back`\, n.
     1. (Zool.) A European skate (Raia clavata) having thornlike
        spines on its back.
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     2. (Zool.) The large European spider crab or king crab (Maia  squinado
        ).
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