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numbfish
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun numbfish has 1 sense
- numbfish(n = noun.animal) crampfish, electric ray, 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
numbfish, n.
The torpedo, which numbs by the electric shocks which it gives. [1913 Webster]
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