Hypertext Webster Gateway: "stinger"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Stinger \Sting"er\, n.
One who, or that which, stings.
Professor E. Forbes states that only a small minority
of the medus[ae] of our seas are stingers. --Owen.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
stinger
n 1: made of creme de menthe and brandy
2: a remark capable of wounding mentally; "the unkindest cut of
all" [syn: {cut}]
3: a sharp organ of offense or defense (as of a wasp or
stingray or scorpion) often connected with a poison gland
4: a sharp stinging blow
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