Stingaree

2 definitions found

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

  Ray \Ray\, n. [F. raie, L. raia. Cf. {Roach}.] (Zool.)
     (a) Any one of numerous elasmobranch fishes of the order
         Raiae, including the skates, torpedoes, sawfishes, etc.
     (b) In a restricted sense, any of the broad, flat,
         narrow-tailed species, as the skates and sting rays. See
         {Skate}.


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     {Bishop ray}, a yellow-spotted, long-tailed eagle ray
        ({Aetobatus narinari} syn. {Stoasodon narinari}) of the
        Southern United States and the West Indies; also called
        the {spotted eagle ray} and {white-spotted eagle ray}.
  
     {Butterfly ray}, a short-tailed American sting ray
        ({Pteroplatea Maclura}), having very broad pectoral fins.
        
  
     {Devil ray}. See {Sea Devil}.
  
     {Eagle ray}, any large ray of the family {Myliobatidae}, or
        {Aetobatidae}. The common European species ({Myliobatis
        aquila}) is called also {whip ray}, and {miller}.
  
     {Electric ray}, or {Cramp ray}, a torpedo.
  
     {Starry ray}, a common European skate ({Raia radiata}).
  
     {Sting ray}, any one of numerous species of rays of the
        family {Trygonidae} having one or more large, sharp,
        barbed dorsal spines on the whiplike tail. Called also
        {stingaree}.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Stingaree \Sting`a*ree"\, n. (Zool.)
     Any sting ray. See under 6th {Ray}.
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