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Definition of Stingray
1. Noun. Large venomous ray with large barbed spines near the base of a thin whiplike tail capable of inflicting severe wounds.
Group relationships: Dasyatidae, Family Dasyatidae
Specialized synonyms: Dasyatis Centroura, Roughtail Stingray, Butterfly Ray
Definition of Stingray
1. Noun. any of various large, venomous rays, of the orders ''Rajiformes'' and ''Myliobatiformes'', having a barbed, whiplike tail ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Stingray
1. a flat-bodied marine fish [n -RAYS]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Stingray
Literary usage of Stingray
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Under Heaven's Brow: Pre-Christian Religious Tradition in Chuuk by Ward Hunt Goodenough (2002)
"If someone killed a stingray, as in killing a shark, one went to the stingray
manager to ask and obtain forgiveness. stingray managers were also paid a fee ..."
2. Under Heaven's Brow: Pre-Christian Religious Tradition in Chuuk by Ward Hunt Goodenough (2002)
"If someone killed a stingray, as in killing a shark, one went to the stingray
manager to ask and obtain forgiveness. stingray managers were also paid a fee ..."
3. Antigua and the Antiguans: a Full Account of the Colony and Its Inhabitants by Flannigan, Lanaghan (1844)
"... animals—Whales—Thrasher—Grampus— Porpoise—Shark—Anecdote of the Young Creole—Death
of the sailor-boy — Remora — Pilot fish—Dolphins — Jew fish—stingray ..."
4. Historical Records of New South Wales by Frank Murcott Bladen, New South Wales (1893)
"[Moored in stingray Bay.]—Little wind and 1770 pleasant weather ... [Moored in
stingray Bay.]—Ditto weather ; Hawk'ew'th, employed as before ; small success ..."
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