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a flat shark wearing a poker face, packing a venomous switchblade in its tail
means A flat, cartilaginous fish related to sharks, with a whip-like tail bearing a venomous, barbed spine used in defense.
from A plain English compound, both halves doing exactly what they say: 'sting,' from Old English 'stingan' (to pierce or prick), wedded to 'ray,' the fish name that came through Old French 'raie' from Latin 'raia.' Put them together and you have, quite literally, the ray that stings — English at its most no-nonsense, naming the creature for the very feature that earns its wary respect.
- venom delivery
- barbed spine injects toxin, then breaks off inside you
- famous victim
- killed wildlife icon Steve Irwin in 2006
- electric cousins
- some relatives stun prey with bodily voltage
- buried ambush
- flutter sand to vanish, eyes peeking out
- flat design
- mouth and gills hide underneath their bodies
steve irwin's death — australian zookeeper killed by stingray barb to chest, cairns 2006
ford thunderbird stingray — chevrolet corvette stingray muscle car, produced since 1963