electric fish

electric fish
noun
: any of several fishes (as the electric eel, electric catfish, electric ray) able to communicate an electric shock by means of special organs

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electric fish,
any one of about 250 species of fish having an electric organ and able to give shocks of varying intensity to their enemies or prey, including the electric catfish, electric eel, and various electric rays.

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