Elephantfish
Definition & Meaning
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Elephantfish is a noun meaning A fish of the family Mormyridae, noted for its ability to generate electric fields.
Meaning
A fish of the family Mormyridae, noted for its ability to generate electric fields.
More Meanings
- 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.
Word Forms
- elephantfishes
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include mormyrin, mormyroid, mormyrid, thunderfish, electrofisher, numbfish.
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