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Webster 1913 Edition


Fireflaire

Fire′flaireˊ

,
Noun.
[
Fire
+ Prov. E.
flaire
a ray.]
(Zool.)
A European sting ray of the genus
Trygon
(
T. pastinaca
); – called also
fireflare
and
fiery flaw
.

Definition 2024


fireflaire

fireflaire

English

Noun

fireflaire (plural fireflaires)

  1. A European stingray of the obsolete genus Trygon, especially
    1. The common stingray (Dasyatis pastinaca, syns. Raja pastinaca, Trygon pastinaca) of the waters of the eastern North Atlantic and the Mediterranean and Black Seas.

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