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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun Any of various rays chiefly of the family Dasyatidae, having a whiplike tail armed with one or more venomous spines used for defense.

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  • noun any of various large, venomous rays, of the orders Rajiformes and Myliobatiformes, having a barbed, whiplike tail

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun large venomous ray with large barbed spines near the base of a thin whiplike tail capable of inflicting severe wounds

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Examples

  • A new technology known as a 'stingray' is one of several being used by law enforcement to track people's locations.

    Key Documents in 'Stingray' Case 2011

  • There are over 175 types of rays that could be termed a stingray that have a barb at the base of their tail.

    CNN Transcript Mar 21, 2008 2008

  • And typically, on that list you would not find the stingray on there, because getting stung by a stingray is a fairly common occurrence around the world.

    CNN Transcript Sep 4, 2006 2006

  • There is also a fish called a stingray, which resembles a skate, only on one side of his tail grows out a sharp bone like a bodkin about four or five inches long, with which he sticks and wounds other fish and then preys upon them.

    The Bounty of the Chesapeake Fishing in Colonial Virginia James Wharton

  • The Wall Street Journal has an exclusive on the tricky legal ramifications behind law enforcement's use of a cellphone-tracking device called a "stingray."

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  • "The stingray is our best seller," said Mr. Zawistowski.

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  • Larger than a stingray is the impressive Spotted Eagle Ray that can approach 2.5 meters across the fins.

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  • Tell us about the kind of stingray that cost Steve his life.

    CNN Transcript Dec 25, 2006 2006

  • Tell us about the kind of stingray that cost Steve his life.

    CNN Transcript Sep 5, 2006 2006

  • Tell us about the kind of stingray that cost Steve his life.

    CNN Transcript Sep 10, 2006 2006

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