Thornback is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 22 points.
You can make 449 anagrams from letters in thornback (abchknort).
Middle English word dating back to 1250-1300; See origin at thorn, back1
The boy gave a curious half-sad smile, without turning his eyes from the thornback, and said nothing.
It is these purses, and those of the thornback and the edible skate, that we oftenest pick up on the English coast.
The thornback is another ugly fellow of this family, having spines on his back and a double row of them down his tail.
The thornback has two immense fins, two great wings to cleave the waves.
Many families of fish include both sea fish and fresh water fish, as for instance, the thornback.
The thornback Skate is covered with prickles (placoid scales).
It is quite easy to understand why the name of thornback was given to him.
"Antient maides" were held in little esteem by him; not one thornback is on his list.