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Crampfish - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms - Vocabulary.com
Definitions of crampfish. 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 . synonyms: electric ray, numbfish, torpedo.
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Crampfish - Wikipedia
Crampfish may refer to any of these species of fish that can deliver electric shocks: Coffin ray, Hypnos monopterygius; Atlantic torpedo, Torpedo nobiliana ...
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Common torpedo - Wikipedia
The common torpedo (Torpedo torpedo), also known as ocellate torpedo or eyed electric ray, is a species of electric ray in the family Torpedinidae.
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cramp-fish
ˈcramp-fish [f. cramp n.1 + fish: cf. Du. kram-visch torpedo (Kilian).] The electric ray or torpedo, also called cramp-ray and numb-fish.1591 Percivall Sp. Dict., Torpigo, a crampfish, Torpedo. 1598 E. Guilpin Skial. (1878) 40 And like the Cramp-fish darts..His slie insinuating poysonous iuice. 1655...
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CRAMPFISH Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster
The meaning of CRAMPFISH is electric ray.
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Marbled Electric Ray - Florida Museum of Natural History
This solitary coastal ray has electric organs on its pectoral disc that can stun a human or kill a fish. It is pale brown with dark brown mottling.
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numb-fish
numb-fish [f. numb a.] The Electric Ray or Torpedo, so called from the effect of the electric shocks emitted by it.1711 Brit. Apollo No. 123. 1/2 A Fish called by Name a Nummfish. 1738 F. Moore Trav. Africa 176 By this time I understood it was a Torpedo or Numbfish. 1774 Phil. Trans. LXIV. 467 The T...
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crampfish - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
From cramp + fish. Noun. edit. crampfish (plural crampfishes). A type of electric ray. An Atlantic torpedo (Torpedo nobiliana); A common torpedo (Torpedo ...
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CRAMPFISH definition in American English - Collins Dictionary
A ray of the order Torpediniformes with electric organs on either side of its head Also called:.... Click for pronunciations, examples sentences, video.
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cramp-fish, n. meanings, etymology and more
The earliest known use of the noun cramp-fish is in the late 1500s. OED's earliest evidence for cramp-fish is from 1591, in the writing of R. Perceval.
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cramp
▪ I. cramp, n.1 (kræmp) Forms: 4–7 crampe, (4–5 crompe, craumpe, 5 cramppe, croampe), 5– cramp. [ME. cra(u)mpe, a. OF. crampe (13th c. in Littré), a. OLG. *krambe: cf. MLG. and MDu. krampe, LG. krampe, Du. kramp f., beside OS. cramp, OHG. chrampf, G. krampf m., according to Kluge, a subst. use of cr...
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maculous
ˈmaculous, a. rare—0. [See -ous.] = prec.1688 R. Holme Armoury ii. 366/1 A Masculous [sic: in the ‘Table’ Maculous], or spotted Cramp-fish, hath the Eyes turned into black round spots. 1735 Dyche & Pardon Dict., Maculous or Maculose, troubled or affected with Spots, Defects, or natural Deformities. ...
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undulate
▪ I. undulate, a. (ˈʌndjʊlət) [ad. L. undulāt-us diversified as with waves, f. unda wave. Cf. Sp. undulado, F. ondulé.] 1. Furnished with wave-like markings.1658 Phillips, Undulate, Chamolet wrought, or painted like waves. 1661 Lovell Hist. Anim. & Min. Isagoge, The cramp-fish,..raie undulate and oc...
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