HyperDic: crampfish

English > 1 sense of the word crampfish:
NOUNanimalcrampfish, electric ray, numbfish, torpedoany sluggish / sluggish bottom-dwelling ray of the order Torpediniformes having a rounded body and electric organs on each side of the head capable of emitting strong electric discharges
English > crampfish: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
MeaningAny sluggish / sluggish bottom-dwelling ray of the order Torpediniformes having a rounded body and electric organs on each side of the head capable of emitting strong electric discharges.
Synonymselectric ray, numbfish, torpedo
Member ofTorpedinidae, family Torpedinidaeelectric rays
Broaderraycartilaginous fishes having horizontally flattened bodies and enlarged winglike pectoral fins with gills on the underside
Spanishtorpedo
Catalantorpede, torpediniforme, vaca

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