different between barbed vs stingray

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /b??(?)bd/

Adjective

barbed (comparative more barbed, superlative most barbed)

1. Having barbs
2. (heraldry) Bearded (also applied to roses, referring to the leaves between the petals).
3. (of language, etc.) Deliberately hurtful; biting; caustic.
4. (of a horse) Accoutered with defensive armor; barded.
   • 1638, Walter Raleigh, The Prerogative of Parliaments

     Your Lordship may remember in your reading, that there were many Earles could bring into the field a thousand Barbed horses

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Verb

barbed

1. simple past tense and past participle of barb

Derived terms

• barbed wire

References

• The Manual of Heraldry, Fifth Edition, by Anonymous, London, 1862, online at [1]

Anagrams

• dabber, debarb

English

Etymology

sting +? ray

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?st????e?/

Noun

stingray (plural stingrays)

1. Any of various large, venomous rays, of the orders Rajiformes and Myliobatiformes, having a barbed, whiplike tail.

   Synonym: stingaree

2. (US law enforcement) A device that simulates a cell tower, used to intercept cell phone communications.

   Synonym: IMSI catcher

   • 2014, Catherine Nolan, Ashley M. Wilson, JD, The Audacity to Spy: How Government, Business, and Hackers Rob Us of Privacy, Technics Publications (?ISBN), page 74:

     The device mimics a cell phone tower and gets the phone to connect to it. […] Once a signal is found, the stingray measures its strength and can provide a general location on the map.

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See also

• (cell phone): IMSI

Further reading

• stingray on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• straying