CRAMPFISH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does crampfish mean? 

• CRAMPFISH (noun)
  The noun CRAMPFISH has 1 sense:

1. 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

  Familiarity information: CRAMPFISH used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CRAMPFISH (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

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Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

crampfish; electric ray; numbfish; torpedo

Hypernyms ("crampfish" is a kind of...):

ray (cartilaginous fishes having horizontally flattened bodies and enlarged winglike pectoral fins with gills on the underside; most swim by moving the pectoral fins)

Holonyms ("crampfish" is a member of...):

family Torpedinidae; Torpedinidae (electric rays)