Any fish of the genus Trygon or family Trygonidæ, esp. Trygon pastinaca. The long tapering tail is armed near the middle with a flattened…

A name for various ugly fish, as the fishing-frog, various large rays, etc. Cf. devil fish, n.

the common stingray, Dasyatis pastinaca; = fire-flaw, n.2

The common stingray, Dasyatis pastinaca. Cf. fire-flair n. at fire, n. int.compounds 2c and fiery-flaw n. at fiery, adj. compounds 3.

a fish of the family Trygonidæ, having a long slender flexible tail resembling the lash of a whip, and armed with a serrated spine; a sting-ray.

the common stingray, Dasyatis pastinaca.

Any of the large rays of the genera Manta and Mobula (family Myliobatidae), having prominent cephalic fins or lobes on either side of the mouth…

A fish with a sharp spine in its tail, a sting-ray.

A sting-ray, esp. Trygon centrura (Dasyatis centrurus).

A kind of sting-ray. Also attributive.

(a) a tail tapering to a point, as in the pointer (cf. 6); (b) U.S. = sting ray, n.

the common stingray, Dasyatis pastinaca; = fire-flair n. at fire, n. int.compounds 2c.