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whip-ray
whip-ray n.
Brit. 
/ˈwɪpreɪ/
, /ˈwɪpreɪ/U.S. /ˈ(h)wɪpˌreɪ/
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./ˈ(h)wɪpˌreɪ/ΘΚΠ
the world > animals > fish > subclass Elasmobranchii > order Hypotremata > [noun] > member of family Dasyatidae (sting-ray)
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fire-flaw1684
whip-ray1699
fire-flaira1705
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trygon1749
stingaree1838
sephen1854
sting-tail1872
fiery-flare1889
1699 W. Dampier Voy. & Descr. ii. ii. 73 The Whipray differs from the other two sorts, having a..longer Tail, and ending with a Knob, shaped like a Harpoon.
1873 T. Gill Catal. Fishes East Coast N. Amer. 34 Trygon centrura... Sting-ray; whip-ray; stingaree.
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- a quantity
- a quarter of the night
- a queen's taste
- a queer go
- a question of time
- a quick return
- a quite other
- a quoit's cast
- a quoit's distance
- a rap across the knuckles
- a rap on the knuckles
- a rap over the knuckles
- a rat in a cage
- a rat in a corner
- a rat in a etc
- a rat in a trap
- a re
- a re ad personam
- a remote circumstance
- a remove from
- a reproach
- a riddle of claret
- a right half
- a right one
- a right understanding