Common name | Raie boréale |
Language | French |
Type | Vernacular |
Official trade name | No |
Rank | 2 - (Preferred common name (unique)) |
Country | Canada |
Locality | Arctic Canada |
Ref. | McAllister, D.E., V. Legendre and J.G. Hunter, 1987 |
Life stage | juveniles and adults |
Sex | females and males |
Core | primary lexeme |
1st modifier | locality/area |
2nd modifier | |
Remarks | 'raie' from Latin 'raia', i.e., sea fish (p. 628, Ref. 9404); 'boreal', i.e., of relating to or located in northern regions, from Latin 'boreas', i.e., north wind, from Greek 'Boreas', i.e., the god of the north wind (p. 169, Ref. 11978). |