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crampfish
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun crampfish has 1 sense
- crampfish(n = noun.animal) electric ray, numbfish, torpedo - 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; Array is a kind of ray
is a member of family torpedinidae, torpedinidae
CIDE DICTIONARY
crampfish, n.
The torpedo, or electric ray, the touch of which gives an electric shock. See Electric fish, and Torpedo. [1913 Webster]
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