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Stingray

noun
1.
Large venomous ray with large barbed spines near the base of a thin whiplike tail capable of inflicting severe wounds.



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"Stingray" Quotes from Famous Books



... of 'forty-four. The only thing the poor soul said when the war-whoop wakened them in the dead of the night and the door came crashing in, was, 'I told you so.' They were her last words. Then Martha Westall dreamed of flowers, and two days later her son James stepped on a stingray over at Dale's Gift. And I myself dreamed of roses the week before those horrid Roundhead commissioners with the rebel Claiborne at their head and a whole fleet at their back, compelled us to surrender to their ...
— Prisoners of Hope - A Tale of Colonial Virginia • Mary Johnston

... whip-like tentacles with unceasing energy, while the crab defended itself with ever-ready claws. Borne down by numbers, it sank into the mud, the energy of the victors creating a tiny spiral of slush. A huge stingray passed on its way, the edges of extended wings rippling never so gently, its shadow half the size of the boat; and presently, with ghostly glide, a dull-skinned shark came into view with motion so steady and apparently effortless ...
— Tropic Days • E. J. Banfield



Words linked to "Stingray" :   Dasyatis centroura, roughtail stingray, butterfly ray, ray, family Dasyatidae, Dasyatidae



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