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Definition of Electric catfish
1. Noun. Freshwater catfish of the Nile and tropical central Africa having an electric organ.
Generic synonyms: Silurid, Silurid Fish
Group relationships: Genus Malopterurus, Malopterurus
Definition of Electric catfish
1. Noun. common name for the catfish (order ''Siluriformes'') family ''Malapteruridae''. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Electric Catfish
Literary usage of Electric catfish
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Fishes by David Starr Jordan (1907)
"42—electric catfish, Torpedo eléctricas (Gmelin). Congo River. (After Boulenger.)
onal prisms," upwards of 400 of them, at the base of the pectoral fins. ..."
2. The New International Encyclopædia edited by Daniel Coit Gilman, Harry Thurston Peck, Frank Moore Colby (1903)
"... but is regarded by the native South Americans as having medicinal value.
electric catfish. These shock-giving catfish compose the subfamily ..."
3. Cavendish by Christa Jungnickel, Russell McCormmach (1996)
"The early experiences of our own species with electricity may well have been by
this means, as Egyptian tombs portray fishermen with the electric catfish of ..."
4. A Text-book of the Principles of Animal Histology by Ulric Dahlgren, William Allison Kepner (1908)
"... to a number of evaginated points in Gymnotus, the electric eel; to still fewer
in Mor- myrus, and to one point in Malapterurus, the electric catfish. ..."
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