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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
Answer for the clue "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 ", 9 letters:
crampfish
Word definitions for crampfish in dictionaries
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. 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 [syn: electric ray , numbfish , torpedo ]
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. The torpedo, or electric ray, whose touch gives an electric shock.
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Crampfish may refer to: Coffin ray , Hypnos monopterygius Atlantic torpedo , Torpedo nobiliana Common torpedo , Torpedo torpedo
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Torpedo \Tor*pe"do\, n.; pl. Torpedoes . [L. torpedo, -inis, from torpere to be stiff, numb, or torpid. See Torpid .] (Zo["o]l.) Any one of numerous species of elasmobranch fishes belonging to Torpedo and allied genera. They are related to the rays, but ...
Usage examples of crampfish.
The unfortunate Conseil had attacked a crampfish of the most dangerous kind, the cumana.