stingaree

American  

[sting-uh-ree, sting-uh-ree] / ˈstɪŋ əˌri, ˌstɪŋ əˈri /

noun

1. a stingray.

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stingaree British  

/ ˌstɪŋəˈriː, ˈstɪŋəˌriː /

noun

1. a popular name for the stingray

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Etymology

Origin of stingaree

First recorded in 1830–40

Example Sentences

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stingaree

Java stingaree — This Indonesian ray was only observed once, back in 1862.

From Salon ● Feb. 10, 2022

For absolute safety from this stingaree, every buyer of goods for resale would have to maintain his own national inspection staff.

From Time Magazine Archive

Rick saw the flying stingaree heading directly toward him, rising slowly, caught by the ground wind.

From The Flying Stingaree by Goodwin, Harold L. (Harold Leland)

Not a shark, or a stingaree, to scare the timid swimmer or floater; not a minnow, or a frog, a tadpole, or a pollywog--nothing that lives, moves, swims, crawls or wiggles.

From My Native Land The United States: its Wonders, its Beauties, and its People; with Descriptive Notes, Character Sketches, Folk Lore, Traditions, Legends and History, for the Amusement of the Old and the Instruction of the Young by Cox, James

The girls hurried up the ladder to safety, and Rick lifted the stingaree to the deck.

From The Flying Stingaree by Goodwin, Harold L. (Harold Leland)