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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The electric ray or torpedo. See
torpedo . Also called cramp-ray, numb-fish, and wrymouth.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) The torpedo, or electric ray, the touch of which gives an electric shock. See
electric fish , andtorpedo .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The
torpedo , or electric ray, whose touch gives anelectric shock .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun any 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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