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stinger
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun stinger has 5 senses
- stinger(n = noun.food) Array - a cocktail made of made of creme de menthe and brandy; Array is a kind of cocktail
- stinger(n = noun.communication) cut - a remark capable of wounding mentally; "the unkindest cut of all" is a kind of abuse, contumely, insult, revilement, vilification
- stinger(n = noun.artifact) Array - a portable low altitude surface-to-air missile system using infrared guidance and an impact fuse; fired from the shoulder; Array is a kind of heat-seeking missile, sam, surface-to-air missile
- stinger(n = noun.animal) Array - a sharp organ of offense or defense (as of a wasp or stingray or scorpion) often connected with a poison gland; Array has particulars: aculeus
- stinger(n = noun.act) Array - a sharp stinging blow; Array is a kind of blow
Derived form verb sting5
is a kind of organ
Derived forms verb sting2, verb sting1, verb sting4
Derived forms verb sting1, verb sting4
CIDE DICTIONARY
stinger, n.
One who, or that which, stings. [1913 Webster]
"Professor E. Forbes states that only a small minority of the medusæ of our seas are stingers."
[1913 Webster]
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