Hypertext Webster Gateway: "stingray"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Sting ray \Sting ray\ or Stingray \Sting"ray`\, n.
Any one of numerous rays of the family {Dasyatid[ae]}, syn.
{Trygonid[ae]}, 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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
stingray
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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