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thornback
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thornback [′thȯrn‚bak]
(vertebrate zoology)
Raja clavata.A ray found in European waters and characterized by spines on its back.


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But it was their 11th trip, this time to the Sound of Mull, which proved to be a real bonanza, with new club champion Kenny Greason and the second and third-placed men Derek Marsh and Paul Oliver sharing more than 100lbs of thornbacks, dogs and mackerel.
Seasoned boat angler Brian Travers won the day with two thornbacks and two dogfish caught from Benjoma, while the next best effort on this boat was Peter Lewis' ray and five dogfish.
As it stands only rockling and occasional flounder are showing, while anglers wait for the summer mackerel - or possibly thornbacks - to arrive.
 
 
 
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