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comparative more stingable · superlative most stingable
- Capable of being stung.
Two hairy, soft projections, evidently very sensitive, inform the bee when she is in contact with a stingable object.
1916 November, Popular Science, volume 89, number 5, page 6981 more example
Then came the bees, stinging at everyone they could catch. Each sting meant a dead bee, but there were millions of bees. Usually they stung only that part of the human anatomy which was most stingable[…]
1940, Amazing Stories, volume 14, numbers 1-6, page 82
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