Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
- n. Any of various rays of the family Dasyatidae, having a whiplike tail armed with one or more venomous spines capable of inflicting severe injury. Also called stingaree.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
- n. 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.
- n. 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
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A new technology known as a 'stingray' is one of several being used by law enforcement to track people's locations.
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There are over 175 types of rays that could be termed a stingray that have a barb at the base of their tail.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Hang Da's fish section offered tanks and tubs of live seafood, including rarities such as stingray, snail and several varieties of eel.
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Maria uses silver, gold and diamonds; Pat Pruitt used steel and items such as stingray skin and industrial diamonds.
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