animal electricity
noun
: electricity generated in the bodies of animals (as through friction)
specifically : electricity generated by specially adapted organs of some fishes (as the electric eel) and apparently used chiefly in attack or defense
Word History
First Known Use
1765, in the meaning defined above
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