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Definition of Stingarees
1. Noun. (plural of stingaree), (alternative spelling of stingray nocap=y) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Stingarees
1. stingaree [n] - See also: stingaree
Lexicographical Neighbors of Stingarees
Literary usage of Stingarees
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Famous Adventures and Prison Escapes of the Civil War (1893)
"... before she would float, and the water is teeming with stingarees, sword-fish,
crabs, etc. But once afloat, we headed to the southward with a fair wind. ..."
2. Austral English: A Dictionary of Australasian Words, Phrases, and Usages by Edward Ellis Morris (1898)
"... the sport of catching Stingrays, or Stingarees. 1872. Hutton and Hector, 'Fishes
of New Zealand,' p. 121 : " It has been recently discovered by the ..."
3. Autobiography of Lorenzo Waugh by Lorenzo Waugh (1888)
"... we often taught the large salmon, and frequently some specimens of the shark
family ; and also the great stingarees, the sea eagles, with a dangerous ..."
4. In the Strange South Seas by Beatrice Ethel Grimshaw (1907)
"Stingarees, with their immense ugly bodies buried in the sand at the bottom, and
their cruel barbed tails ready to strike ? Yes, they had been seen, ..."
5. In the Strange South Seas by Beatrice Ethel Grimshaw (1908)
"Stingarees, with their immense ugly bodies buried in the sand at the bottom, and
their cruel barbed tails ready to strike ? Yes, they had been seen, ..."
6. Digging, Squatting, and Pioneering Life in the Northern Territory of South by Harriet W. Daly (1887)
"Sharks, stingarees, and myriads of other fish you could see swimming about. "
It was so clear one could stand on the rocky bank and see down twenty or ..."
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