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stingray

/ˈstɪŋˌɹeɪ/

stingray noun: any of various large, venomous rays, of the orders Rajiformes and Myliobatiformes, having a barbed, whiplike tail.

stingray: any of various large, venomous rays, of the orders Rajiformes and Myliobatiformes, having a barbed,...
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Noun

stingray (plural stingrays)

  1. Any of various large, venomous rays, of the orders Rajiformes and Myliobatiformes, having a barbed, whiplike tail.
    Synonyms:
    stingaree
  2. (US) A device that simulates a cell tower, used to intercept cell phone communications.
    • The device mimics a cell phone tower and gets the phone to connect to it. […] Once a signal is found, the stingray measures its strength and can provide a general location on the map.2014, Catherine Nolan; Ashley M. Wilson, JD, The Audacity to Spy: How Government, Business, and Hackers Rob Us of Privacy, Technics Publications, →ISBN, page 74
    Synonyms:
    IMSI catcher

stingray meaning in Tamil, Bengali, Tagalog and Arabic

stingray in Tamil

திருக்கை மீன், இப்பிரிவில் பல மீன்கள் அடங்கும்

stingray in Bengali

স্টিংরে, এক প্রকার মাছ

stingray in Tagalog

venomous ray of the orders Rajiformes and Myliobatiformes
pagi

stingray in Arabic

venomous ray of the orders Rajiformes and Myliobatiformes
سَمَكَة رَاي لَاسِع samakat rāy lāsiʕ, سْتِينْغْرَي stīnḡray
More languagesFewer languages
stingray in Malay
ikan pari
stingray in Indonesian
ikan pari
stingray in Thai
ปลากระเบนธง bplaa grà bayn tong
stingray in Vietnamese
cá đuối ó

Synonyms of stingray

Forms of stingray

pluralstingrays

Plural of stingray: stingrays

Origin of stingray

From sting + ray.

Words formed from stingray

Questions about stingray

What does stingray mean?
Stingray means any of various large, venomous rays, of the orders Rajiformes and Myliobatiformes, having a barbed, whiplike tail.
What is stingray in Tamil?
Stingray in Tamil is திருக்கை மீன், இப்பிரிவில் பல மீன்கள் அடங்கும். See Stingray meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is stingray?
Stingray is a noun.
How do you pronounce stingray?
Stingray is pronounced /ˈstɪŋˌɹeɪ/.
What is the plural of stingray?
The plural of stingray is stingrays.

Words near stingray in the dictionary

  1. Stingleys
  2. Stingly
  3. Stinglys
  4. stingo
  5. stingproof
  6. stingray
  7. stingray shuffle
  8. stingrays
  9. stings
  10. stings in tails
  11. stings in the tail

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: stingray (page history and authors); stingray (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); stingray (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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