English Explanatory Dictionary

elephantfish

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A fish of the family Mormyridae, noted for its ability to generate electric fields.
  2. A plownose chimaera, any fish in the not closely related genus Callorhinchus of cartilaginous fish, which uses its fleshy snout to feel for food in sediments and to sense electric fields.

Word forms

elephantfish elephantfishes

Etymology

From elephant + fish.

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