Definition of Electrophorus electric

1. Noun. Eel-shaped freshwater fish of South America having electric organs in its body.

Exact synonyms: Electric Eel
Generic synonyms: Cypriniform Fish
Group relationships: Electrophorus, Genus Electrophorus

Lexicographical Neighbors of Electrophorus Electric

Eleanor of Aquitaine
Eleatic
Eleaticism
Eleatics
Eleazar
Election Day
Elector
Electoral Palatinate
Electors
Electorship
Electorships
Electra
Electron Channeling Pattern
Electrophoridae
Electrophorus electric
Elena
Eleni
Eleocharis
Eleocharis acicularis
Eleocharis dulcis
Eleocharis palustris
Eleonora Duse
Eleotridae
Elephantidae
Elephantine
Elephantopus
Elephas
Elephas maximus
Elettaria

Literary usage of Electrophorus electric

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Elements of Physics: Or Natural Philosophy by Neil Arnott (1887)
"The Electrophorus (electric carrier), as it is termed, is a simple arrangement on an analogous principle, by which a charge of electricity can be preserved ..."

2. American Annals of Education and Instruction, and Journal of Literary by William Channing Woodbridge, William Russell, William Andrus Alcott (1835)
"... a set of Electric Bells; Quadrant Electrometer; gold leaf Electrophorus; Electric Season Machine ; boi of Amalgam and Chains, of :;ood materials and ..."

3. Study of the Orders by Frank Chouteau Brown, Frank A. Bourne, Herman V. von Holst (1906)
"... SB: Magnets; Experiments; Static, Positive and Negative Electricity; Conductors, Insulation; Electroscope; Electrophorus; Electric Machine; Condensers, ..."

4. Arsenic by Assembly Of Life Sciences, National Academies Press, Assembly of Life Sciences (U.S.), National Academy of Sciences (U.S.) (1977)
"... found that addition of equimolar BAL decreased the arsenite concentration necessary to produce 50% inhibition of Electrophorus (electric eel) ..."

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