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A European skate (Raia clavata) having thornlike spines on its back.

• Haversian
  Pertaining to, or discovered by, Clopton Havers, an English physician of the seventeenth century.
• Havildar
  In the British Indian armies, a noncommissioned officer of native soldiers, corresponding to a sergeant.
• European
  Of or pertaining to Europe, or to its inhabitants.
• Europeanize
  To cause to become like the Europeans in manners or character; to habituate or accustom to European usages.
• Havanese
  Of or pertaining to Havana, in Cuba.
• Spinescent
  Becoming hard and thorny; tapering gradually to a rigid, leafless point; armed with spines.
• Haveless
  Having little or nothing.
• Havelock
  A light cloth covering for the head and neck, used by soldiers as a protection from sunstroke.
• SPINESCENCE
  The state or quality of being spinescent or spiny; also, a spiny growth or covering, as of certain animals.
• Havenage
  Harbor dues; port dues.

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