▪ I. ‖ raia Zool.
(ˈreɪə)
Also raja.
[L. raia (pl. raiæ).]
= ray (the fish).
| 1633 P. Fletcher Purple Isl. iv. xii, His fashion like the fish a Raia nam'd. 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseud. Ep. 169 The severall sorts of Raia's, Torpedo's, Oysters. 1752 Hill Hist. Anim. 304 The apertures of the gills in the Raia are five on each side. 1804 Med. Jrnl. XII. 550 The rajæ..are provided with glandulous grains. 1878 Bell Gegenbaur's Comp. Anat. 500 There is a pseudo-electric apparatus in Raja. |
▪ II. raia(h, -aw
obs. ff. rajah.