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ELECTRIC RAY

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• ELECTRIC RAY (noun)
The noun ELECTRIC RAY has 1 sense:

1. 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

Familiarity information: ELECTRIC RAY used as a noun is very rare.

• ELECTRIC RAY (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

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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Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

crampfish; electric ray; numbfish; torpedo

Hypernyms ("electric ray" is a kind of...):

ray (cartilaginous fishes having horizontally flattened bodies and enlarged winglike pectoral fins with gills on the underside; most swim by moving the pectoral fins)

Holonyms ("electric ray" is a member of...):

family Torpedinidae; Torpedinidae (electric rays)

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