stingray

English

Etymology

sting +‎ ray

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈstɪŋˌɹeɪ/

Noun

stingray (plural stingrays)

1. Any of various large, venomous rays, of the orders Rajiformes and Myliobatiformes, having a barbed, whiplike tail.
2. (US law enforcement) A device that simulates a cell tower, used to intercept cell phone communications.

Synonyms

• (venomous ray): stingaree
• (cell phone): IMSI catcher

Translations

venomous ray of the orders Rajiformes and Myliobatiformes

• Arabic: سَمَكَة رَاي لَاسِع f (samakat rāy lāsiʿ), سْتِينْغْرَي m (stīnḡray)
• Breton: dasyatis
• Catalan: dasyatis
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: please add this translation if you can

  Hakka: please add this translation if you can

  Mandarin: 魟魚／𫚉鱼 (zh) (hóngyú), 𫚉鱼 (zh) (hóngyú), 黃貂魚／黄貂鱼 (zh) (huángdiāoyú), 黄貂鱼 (zh) (huángdiāoyú)

  Min Nan: please add this translation if you can

• Czech: rejnok (cs)
• Danish: pilrokke
• Esperanto: rajo
• Estonian: astelrai
• Faroese: stingskøta f
• Finnish: suurrausku, keihäsrauskut
• French: raie à aiguillon (fr) f, pastenague (fr) f
• Galician: estinga f, raia estriga f, ouxa f
• German: Stachelrochen m
• Greek:

  Ancient: νάρκη f (nárkē)

• Hungarian: tüskésrájafélék
• Icelandic: stingskötur f
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• Indonesian: ikan pari (id)
• Irish: roc ga nimhe m
• Italian: razza (it) f, pastinaca f
• Japanese: 赤鱝, 赤鱏 (アカエイ, akaei)
• Korean: 가오리 (ko) (gaori)
• Lao: please add this translation if you can
• Latin: trȳgōn m
• Malay: ikan pari
• Maori: whai
• Norman: têgrêsse f, raie à didget f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: piggrokke m or f

• Portuguese: arraia/raia venenosa f
• Russian: хвостоко́л (ru) m (xvostokól), морско́й кот (ru) m (morskój kot) , скат (ru) m (skat)
• Spanish: pastinaca (es) f
• Swedish: spjutrockor
• Tagalog: pagi
• Tamil: please add this translation if you can
• Thai: ปลากระเบนธง (bplaa grà bayn tong)
• Vietnamese: cá đuối ó

See also

• (cell phone): IMSI

Anagrams

• straying