<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by cruzer:
While having lunch in Paris a little while back, my wife had a fish that I believe was called "aier", but given my wonderful memory, I'm not certain of the consonant, nor the order of the 3 vowels.
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The French for skate is "raie", and from your description that's probably what it was. Sometimes it's marked "aile de raie" which is wing of skate.