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Sting \Sting\, n. [AS. sting a sting. See Sting, v. t.]
1. (Zo["o]l.) Any sharp organ of offense and defense,
especially when connected with a poison gland, and adapted
to inflict a wound by piercing; as the caudal sting of a
scorpion. The sting of a bee or wasp is a modified
ovipositor. The caudal sting, or spine, of a sting ray is
a modified dorsal fin ray. The term is sometimes applied
to the fang of a serpent. See Illust. of Scorpion.
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2. (Bot.) A sharp-pointed hollow hair seated on a gland which
secrets an acrid fluid, as in nettles. The points of these
hairs usually break off in the wound, and the acrid fluid
is pressed into it.
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3. Anything that gives acute pain, bodily or mental; as, the
stings of remorse; the stings of reproach.
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The sting of death is sin. --1 Cor. xv.
56.
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4. The thrust of a sting into the flesh; the act of stinging;
a wound inflicted by stinging. ``The lurking serpent's
mortal sting.'' --Shak.
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5. A goad; incitement. --Shak.
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6. The point of an epigram or other sarcastic saying.
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Sting moth (Zo["o]l.), an Australian moth ({Doratifera
vulnerans}) whose larva is armed, at each end of the body,
with four tubercles bearing powerful stinging organs.

Sting ray. (Zo["o]l.) See under 6th Ray.

Sting winkle (Zo["o]l.), a spinose marine univalve shell of
the genus Murex, as the European species ({Murex
erinaceus}). See Illust. of Murex.
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Winkle \Win"kle\, n. [AS. wincle.] (Zo["o]l.)
(a) Any periwinkle. --Holland.
(b) Any one of various marine spiral gastropods, esp., in the
United States, either of two species of Fulgar ({Fulgar
canaliculata}, and Fulgar carica).
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Note: These are large mollusks which often destroy large
numbers of oysters by drilling their shells and sucking
their blood.
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Sting winkle, a European spinose marine shell ({Murex
erinaceus}). See Illust. of Murex.
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