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: any of numerous rays (as of the family Dasyatidae) with one or more large sharp barbed dorsal spines near the base of the whiplike tail capable of inflicting severe wounds
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These stingray sightings have continued ever since.
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Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 21 May 2024
This year, the city also welcomed the Daytona Aquarium and Rainforest Adventure, a 55,000-square-foot facility with a 110,000-gallon shark tank and a 12,000-gallon stingray touch pool, among other features.
—Dobrina Zhekova, Travel + Leisure, 16 May 2024
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Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 21 May 2024
This year, the city also welcomed the Daytona Aquarium and Rainforest Adventure, a 55,000-square-foot facility with a 110,000-gallon shark tank and a 12,000-gallon stingray touch pool, among other features.
—Dobrina Zhekova, Travel + Leisure, 16 May 2024
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“Stingray.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stingray. Accessed 30 May. 2024.
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stingray
noun
sting·ray
ˈstiŋ-ˌrā 
: any of numerous rays that have one or more large sharp stinging spines near the base of the whiplike tail
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