stinger

a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.

a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes.

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World English Dictionary

stinger (ˈstɪŋə)

—n
1.	a person, plant, animal, etc, that stings or hurts
2.	(Austral) any marine creature that stings its victims, esp the box jellyfish
3.	Also: stengah a whisky and soda with crushed ice

Stinger (ˈstɪŋə)

—n
	trademark a device, consisting of a long track of raised spikes, laid across a road by police to puncture the tyres of escaping vehicles

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Science Dictionary

stinger

(stĭng'ər) Pronunciation Key
A sharp stinging organ, such as that of a bee, scorpion, or stingray. Stingers usually inject venom.

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Slang Dictionary

stinger definition

n.
the drawback; the catch; the hitch. : Sounds good, but what's the stinger?

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Example sentences

Otherwise, you can pull out the stinger with tweezers or your fingers, but

avoid pinching the venom sac at the end of the stinger.

Honey bees leave their stinger in the skin when they sting.

The wasp slips her stinger through the roach's exoskeleton and directly into

its brain.

Aficionados compare their shape to the lyre and even to the scorpion's arched

stinger.