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Numbfish

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. The electric ray or torpedo: so called from its power of benumbing. Also called cramp-fish. See torpedo.
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  • noun. The torpedo, which numbs by the electric shocks which it gives.
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  • noun. An electric ray of the family Narcinidae, capable of delivering numbing shocks.
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  • 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
    • Word Usage
    "Spookfish, numbfish, stingarees, fiddler rays and cookie-cutter sharks are just some of the 322 shark, ray and chimaerid species illustrated in the latest edition of Sharks and Rays of Australia - a definitive reference by Peter Last and John Stevens of CSIRO's Wealth from Oceans National Research Flagship."
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