Stingray

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Sting ray \Sting ray\ or Stingray \Sting"ray`\, n.
     Any one of numerous rays of the family {Dasyatidae}, syn.
     {Trygonidae}, 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.


     [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  stingray
       n : large venomous ray with large barbed spines near the base of
           a thin whiplike tail capable of inflicting severe wounds