NOUN | animal | electric ray, crampfish, numbfish, torpedo | any 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 |
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Meaning | Any 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. | |
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Synonyms | crampfish, numbfish, torpedo | |
Member of | Torpedinidae, family Torpedinidae | electric rays |
Broader | ray | cartilaginous fishes having horizontally flattened bodies and enlarged winglike pectoral fins with gills on the underside |
Spanish | torpedo | |
Catalan | torpede, torpediniforme, vaca |
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