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Etymology

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sting +‎ bull?

Noun

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stingbull (plural stingbulls)

  1. The European greater weeverfish (Trachinus draco), capable of inflicting severe wounds with the spinous rays of its dorsal fin.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for stingbull”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)