stingray

Any of various rays chiefly of the family Dasyatidae, having a whiplike tail armed with one or more venomous spines used for defense.

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

large venomous ray with large barbed spines near the base of a thin whiplike tail capable of inflicting severe wounds