crampfish

English

Etymology

cramp +‎ fish

Noun

crampfish (plural crampfishes)

A type of electric ray
1. Atlantic torpedo (Torpedo nobiliana)
2. common torpedo (Torpedo torpedo)
A coffin ray (Hypnos monopterygius)

References

“crampfish”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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