| 单词 | electric catfish |
| 释义 | > as lemmaselectric catfish electric catfish n. a tropical African freshwater fish that lacks scales and a dorsal fin and has electric organs which generate a powerful current, Malapterurus electricus (family Malapteruridae); (in later use also) any of the other fishes of the genus Malapterurus or family Malapteruridae. Cf. raad n.2 ΚΠ 1865 T. Norris Amer. Angler's Bk. Index 694/2 Electric Catfish. 1915 Copeia No. 25 58 While we were standing on a rock, a boy had thrown out with a painful yell, a small specimen of an electric catfish. 1958 R. Garnett tr. B. Heuvelmans On Track of Unknown Animals xx. 471 In Africa none of the known catfishes is very large: the electric catfish is the biggest at 5 feet long. 1997 G. S. Helfman et al. Diversity of Fishes vi. 76/2 The two electric organs of the electric catfishes (Malapteruridae) are located on either side of the body, and each contains several million electrocytes. These organs generate a current of about 300 volts. 2015 Pantagraph (Bloomington, Illinois) (Nexis) 15 Feb. d1 Their collection includes an electric catfish, capable of generating voltage three times greater than an electrical outlet. < as lemmas |
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