stingareen.
/ˌstɪŋɡəˈriː/, /ˈstɪŋɡəriː/, U.S. /ˈstɪŋəˌri/, /ˌstɪŋəˈri/, Australian English /ˈstɪŋəriː/, /stɪŋəˈriː/ U.S. and Australian.
A sting-ray, esp. Trygon centrura ( Dasyatis centrurus).
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the world > animals > fish > subclass Elasmobranchii > order Hypotremata > [noun] > member of family Dasyatidae (sting-ray)
sting ray1624
sea-devil1634
fiery-flaw1684
fire-flaw1684
whip-ray1699
fire-flaira1705
devil fish1737
trygon1749
stingaree1838
sephen1854
sting-tail1872
fiery-flare1889
1838 Papers Mirabeau Buonaparte Lamar (1922) II. 87 To crown the whole Sergeant Bryant was cut on the foot with an oyster shell, and Mr. Edington was stung by a Stingaree.
1859 J. R. Bartlett Dict. Americanisms (ed. 2) 451.
1871 Field 25 Nov. 457/2 The spear of the stingaree.
1882 D. S. Jordan & C. H. Gilbert Synopsis Fishes N. Amer. 47 Dasyatis centrurus, Common Sting Ray; Clam Cracker; Stingaree.
1887 H. W. Daly Digging, Squatting, & Pioneering Life S. Austral. 330 Sharks, stingarees,..you see swimming about.
Derivatives
stingareeing n. the sport of catching stingarees.
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the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > fishing for type of fish > [noun] > for other fish
grayling fishing1704
sun fishery1782
drum fishing1818
jack fishing1820
bluefishing1838
drumming1849
snappering1870
stingareeing1871
barbelling1876
swordfishing1879
pollacking1886
weakfishing1888
snoeking1937
1871 Field 25 Nov. 457/2 Few [sports] beat our afternoon's stingareeing!
a1892 G. H. Kingsley in M. H. Kingsley Mem. iii, in G. H. Kingsley Sport & Trav. (1900) 57 I confess that I love ‘stingareeing’ for its own sake, as a sport.
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