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sting

sting : an elaborate confidence game ;specif : such a game

dies away produced by some aliquot portion of the vibrating sting or column of air which yields the fundamental tone one

finally got his comeuppance when he was caught in a sting operation

a suctorial mouth large claw bearing palpi and a caudal sting

claws as in the scorpions but destitute of a caudal sting the false scorpions Called also Pseudoscorpii and Pseudoscorpionina See Illust

A large sting ray of the genus Trygon especially Trygon sephen of the

a peacock The larva is covered with prickly hairs which sting like nettles

fix by piercing or thrusting in as to infix a sting spear or dart

brown and yellow color It is very pugnacious and its sting is very severe Its nest is constructed of a paperlike

A European sting ray of the genus Trygon T pastinaca called also fireflare