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Electric Eel

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Noun

1. electric eel, electrophorus electric

eel-shaped freshwater fish of South America having electric organs in its body

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Electric Eel

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noun
an eel-like freshwater cyprinoid fish, Electrophorus electricus, of N South America, having electric organs in the body: family Electrophoridae

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Electric Eel

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any of a family (Electrophoridae) of large, eel-shaped cyprinoid fishes of N South America, having special organs that can give severe electric shocks

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Electric Eel

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n.
A long cylindrical freshwater fish (Electrophorus electricus) of northern South America, having organs that produce a powerful electric discharge, used to stun prey and for defense.

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