stingray

English Thesaurus

1. large venomous ray with large barbed spines near the base of a thin whiplike tail capable of inflicting severe wounds (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	ray,
definition	:	cartilaginous fishes having horizontally flattened bodies and enlarged winglike pectoral fins with gills on the underside; most swim by moving the pectoral fins (noun.animal)

hyponym	:	dasyatis centroura, roughtail stingray,
definition	:	one of the largest stingrays; found from Cape Cod to Cape Hatteras (noun.animal)

hyponym	:	butterfly ray,
definition	:	a stingray with a short tail and a broad fin (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	dasyatidae, family dasyatidae,
definition	:	sting rays (noun.animal)