From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Stinger \Sting"er\, noun One who, or that which, stings.
Professor E. Forbes states that only a small minority of the medus[ae] of our seas are stingers. --Owen.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
noun
1: a cocktail made of made of creme de menthe and brandy
2: a remark capable of wounding mentally; "the unkindest cut of all" [syn: {cut}]
3: a portable low altitude surface-to-air missile system using infrared guidance and an impact fuse; fired from the shoulder
4: a sharp organ of offense or defense (as of a wasp or stingray or scorpion) often connected with a poison gland
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