Meanings
nounstingray (plural stingrays)
plural stingrays
- Any of various large, venomous rays, of the orders Rajiformes and Myliobatiformes, having a barbed, whiplike tail.
Synonyms: stingaree
- USgovernmentA device that simulates a cell tower, used to intercept cell phone communications.
The device mimics a cell phone tower and gets the phone to connect to it. […] Once a signal is found, the stingray measures its strength and can provide a general location on the map.
2014, Catherine Nolan; Ashley M. Wilson, JD, The Audacity to Spy: How Government, Business, and Hackers Rob Us of Privacy, Technics Publications, →ISBN, page 74Synonyms: IMSI catcher
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAny of various large, venomous rays, of the orders Rajiformes and Myliobatiformes, having a barbed, whiplike tail.
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nounA device that simulates a cell tower, used to intercept cell phone communications.
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IMSI catcher
Origin
Translations
Ancient Greek νάρκη
- νάρκη (nárkē)venomous ray of the orders Rajiformes and Myliobatiformes
Arabic سَمَكَة رَاي لَاسِع, سْتِينْغْرَي
- سَمَكَة رَاي لَاسِع (samakat rāy lāsiʕ)venomous ray of the orders Rajiformes and Myliobatiformes
- سْتِينْغْرَي (stīnḡray)venomous ray of the orders Rajiformes and Myliobatiformes
Chinese Mandarin 魟魚 /𫚉鱼, 黃貂魚 /黄貂鱼
- 魟魚 /𫚉鱼 (hóngyú)venomous ray of the orders Rajiformes and Myliobatiformes
- 黃貂魚 /黄貂鱼 (huángdiāoyú)venomous ray of the orders Rajiformes and Myliobatiformes
Czech rejnok
- rejnokvenomous ray of the orders Rajiformes and Myliobatiformes
Danish pilrokke
- pilrokkevenomous ray of the orders Rajiformes and Myliobatiformes
Dutch pijlstaartrog
- pijlstaartrogvenomous ray of the orders Rajiformes and Myliobatiformes
Esperanto rajo
- rajovenomous ray of the orders Rajiformes and Myliobatiformes
Estonian astelrai
- astelraivenomous ray of the orders Rajiformes and Myliobatiformes
Finnish suurrausku, keihäsrauskut
- suurrauskuvenomous ray of the orders Rajiformes and Myliobatiformes
- keihäsrauskutvenomous ray of the orders Rajiformes and Myliobatiformes
French raie à aiguillon, pastenague
- raie à aiguillonvenomous ray of the orders Rajiformes and Myliobatiformes
- pastenaguevenomous ray of the orders Rajiformes and Myliobatiformes
German Stachelrochen
- Stachelrochenvenomous ray of the orders Rajiformes and Myliobatiformes
Hungarian tüskésrájafélék, mérges rája
- tüskésrájafélékvenomous ray of the orders Rajiformes and Myliobatiformes
- mérges rájavenomous ray of the orders Rajiformes and Myliobatiformes
Icelandic stingskötur
- stingsköturvenomous ray of the orders Rajiformes and Myliobatiformes
Indonesian ikan pari
- ikan parivenomous ray of the orders Rajiformes and Myliobatiformes
Irish roc ga nimhe
- roc ga nimhevenomous ray of the orders Rajiformes and Myliobatiformes
Italian razza, pastinaca
- razzavenomous ray of the orders Rajiformes and Myliobatiformes
- pastinacavenomous ray of the orders Rajiformes and Myliobatiformes
Japanese 赤鱝, 赤鱏
- 赤鱝venomous ray of the orders Rajiformes and Myliobatiformes
- 赤鱏 (akaei)venomous ray of the orders Rajiformes and Myliobatiformes
Korean 가오리
- 가오리 (gaori)venomous ray of the orders Rajiformes and Myliobatiformes
Latin trȳgōn
- trȳgōnvenomous ray of the orders Rajiformes and Myliobatiformes
Malay ikan pari
- ikan parivenomous ray of the orders Rajiformes and Myliobatiformes
Māori whai
- whaivenomous ray of the orders Rajiformes and Myliobatiformes
Norwegian Bokmål piggrokke
- piggrokkevenomous ray of the orders Rajiformes and Myliobatiformes
Portuguese arraia/raia venenosa, uje
- arraia/raia venenosavenomous ray of the orders Rajiformes and Myliobatiformes
- ujevenomous ray of the orders Rajiformes and Myliobatiformes
- ujavenomous ray of the orders Rajiformes and Myliobatiformes
- xuxovenomous ray of the orders Rajiformes and Myliobatiformes
- peixe-ratovenomous ray of the orders Rajiformes and Myliobatiformes
- ratãovenomous ray of the orders Rajiformes and Myliobatiformes
Romanian pisică de mare
- pisică de marevenomous ray of the orders Rajiformes and Myliobatiformes
Russian хвостоко́л, морско́й кот
- хвостоко́л (xvostokól)venomous ray of the orders Rajiformes and Myliobatiformes
- морско́й кот (morskój kot)venomous ray of the orders Rajiformes and Myliobatiformes
- скат (skat)venomous ray of the orders Rajiformes and Myliobatiformes
Spanish pastinaca
- pastinacavenomous ray of the orders Rajiformes and Myliobatiformes
Swedish spjutrocka
- spjutrockavenomous ray of the orders Rajiformes and Myliobatiformes
Tagalog pagi
- pagivenomous ray of the orders Rajiformes and Myliobatiformes
Thai ปลากระเบนธง
- ปลากระเบนธง (bplaa grà bayn tong)venomous ray of the orders Rajiformes and Myliobatiformes
Turkish vatoz
- vatozvenomous ray of the orders Rajiformes and Myliobatiformes
Vietnamese cá đuối ó
- cá đuối óvenomous ray of the orders Rajiformes and Myliobatiformes
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Cite this entry
APA
stingray. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stingray
MLA
“stingray.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stingray. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “stingray,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stingray.
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