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Raja batis

Raja batis

9.9
A large flat sea fish with wide fins like wings found near European coasts and eaten as food
  • noun
  • UK
translation icon : Raja batis
  • The wings of the Raja batis are prized in many European seafood recipes.

Examples

  • The population of Raja batis has declined due to overfishing.

  • Fishermen often catch Raja batis off the coasts of Britain and France.

  • The chef prepared a delicious dish with Raja batis.

  • Many restaurants serve Raja batis as a specialty.

  • Fishermen often catch Raja batis off the coasts of Britain and France.

  • The population of Raja batis has declined due to overfishing.

  • The wings of the Raja batis are prized in many European seafood recipes.

Synonyms

gray skate
vsRaja batis
  • US
7.8

A large flat fish with gray skin that people often eat

emphasizes its exact Atlantic and Mediterranean range and value as food

Surface Forms

Raja batis singular
Raja batises plural

Morphology

Raja + batis

The first element 'Raja' is a taxonomic genus meaning a skate, so a learner who knows that could infer the expression names a kind of fish. However 'batis' is not a regular English lexical item and the full descriptive sense (a large European skate valued as food) is encoded by a Latin binomial rather than by transparent English composition, so the precise meaning is not fully predictable without prior exposure or biological knowledge.

Etymology

Raja batis comes from old scientific naming: Raja was the word for rays and batis likely pointed to its flat, wing-like body. Because the fish looks like a flat animal with big 'wings' and has long been valued as a food fish in Europe, the name now refers to this large skate prized for eating.