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单词 electric ray
释义

electric ray

noun

: any of various round-bodied short-tailed rays (family Torpedinidae) of warm seas with a pair of electric organs

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web The Romans also used non-static electricity from torpedo fish, a name for various species of electric ray, to deliver shocks to patients with maladies including headaches and hemorrhoids. The New Yorker, 29 Nov. 2021

Word History

First Known Use

1774, in the meaning defined above

Medical Definition

electric ray

noun

: any of various round-bodied short-tailed rays (family Torpedinidae) of warm seas that have a pair of specialized tracts of tissue in which electricity is generated
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