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noun
A fish of the family Mormyridae, noted for its ability to generate electric fields.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
A plownose chimaera, any fish in the not closely related genus Callorhinchus of cartilaginous fish, which uses its fleshy snout to feel for food in sediments and to sense electric fields.
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History
From elephant + fish.
Across languages
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