Thesaurus: stingray

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1. n. large venomous ray with large barbed spines near the base of a thin whiplike tail capable of inflicting severe wounds
2. Any one of numerous rays of the family Dasyatidæ, syn. Trygonidæ, having one or more large sharp barbed dorsal spines, on the whiplike tail, capable of inflicting severe wounds. Some species reach a large size, and some, esp., on the American Pacific coast, are very destructive to oysters.
3. n:100 n. large venomous ray with large barbed spines near the base of a thin whiplike tail capable of inflicting severe wounds