stingray

noun

sting·​ray ˈstiŋ-ˌrā 

: 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

Illustration of stingray

Examples of stingray in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Outfitter Blue Water Divers offers trips here when the cruise ships aren’t in port, as that timing is less disruptive to the stingrays, and the company doesn’t feed or harass them. —Laura Begley Bloom, AFAR Media, 10 Mar. 2025

The stingray is used as a food source by local fishing communities. —Stories By Real-Time News Team, With Ai Summarization, Miami Herald, 21 Feb. 2025

The signature experience might well be the resort’s Under the Sea Lagoon—a 500,000-gallon habitat with 40 stingrays, over 2,800 local reef fish, and two giant Aldabra tortoises. —Katie Kelly Bell, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024

Visitors have the opportunity to interact with stingrays and invertebrate species, and attend educational programs that give more information on local gamefish, sharks, and sea turtles. —Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 7 Mar. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1624, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for stingray

• airway
• allay
• archway
• array
• ashtray
• astray
• aue
• away
• ballet
• belay
• beltway
• beret

Kids Definition

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

Medical Definition

stingray

noun

sting·​ray

ˈstiŋ-ˌrā also -rē

: any of numerous large flat cartilaginous fishes (order Rajiformes and especially family Dasyatidae) with one or more large sharp barbed dorsal spines near the base of the whiplike tail capable of inflicting severe wounds