: 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 WebThe 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