raria

Updated: July 5, 2025

Roach and ray both come from the Latin raria, applied then as in the latter case now to bottom-living sharks. Flounder comes from the verb, which in turn is derived from flounce, a word which is lost in antiquity. Shad is lost in sceadda, Anglo-Saxon for the same fish.

William Beebe - The Log of the Sun: A Chronicle of Nature's Year