stingray
IPA: stˈɪŋreɪ
noun
- Any of various large, venomous rays, of the orders Rajiformes and Myliobatiformes, having a barbed, whiplike tail.
- (US law enforcement) A device that simulates a cell tower, used to intercept cell phone communications.
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Examples of "stingray" in Sentences
- "The stingray is our best seller," said Mr. Zawistowski.
- Tell us about the kind of stingray that cost Steve his life.
- Larger than a stingray is the impressive Spotted Eagle Ray that can approach 2.5 meters across the fins.
- There are over 175 types of rays that could be termed a stingray that have a barb at the base of their tail.
- A new technology known as a 'stingray' is one of several being used by law enforcement to track people's locations.
- And typically, on that list you would not find the stingray on there, because getting stung by a stingray is a fairly common occurrence around the world.
- The Wall Street Journal has an exclusive on the tricky legal ramifications behind law enforcement's use of a cellphone-tracking device called a "stingray."
- There is also a fish called a stingray, which resembles a skate, only on one side of his tail grows out a sharp bone like a bodkin about four or five inches long, with which he sticks and wounds other fish and then preys upon them.
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