numbfishn.

Brit.

/ˈnʌmfɪʃ/, U.S.

/ˈnəmˌfɪʃ/

Forms: 1700s nummfish, 1700s– numbfish.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: numb adj., fish n.¹

Etymology: < numb adj. + fish n.¹

A fish which can cause numbness by giving an electric shock or a poisonous sting; spec. an electric or torpedo ray (genus Torpedo or family Torpedinidae).According to Dict. Caribbean Eng. Usage (1996), the name numbfish is used locally for venomous scorpionfishes (family Scorpaenidae), and (in Guyana) for the electric eel, Electrophorus electricus; this latter is probably meant in quot. 1997. All the earlier quotations refer to the electric ray.

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the world > animals > fish > subclass Elasmobranchii > order Hypotremata > [noun] > member of family Torpedinidae (electric ray)

torpedo?1527

cramp-fish1591

numbfish1711

numbing fish1748

cramp-ray1769

electric ray1774

torpedo-ray1804

torpedo-fish1825

1711 Brit. Apollo 3–5 Jan. A Fish called by Name a Nummfish.

1738 F. Moore Trav. Inland Afr. 176 By this time I understood it was a Torpedo or Numbfish.

1774 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 64 467 The Torpedo, or Numb-fish, is by no means plenty in these parts.

1854 C. D. Badham Prose Halieutics 78 The numb-fish (narke) applied alive over the temples in headache is mentioned by Galen as a specific for that complaint.

1875 Zoologist 10 4500 I have just received a specimen of the torpedo or electrical ray (also known as the numbfish).

1963 D. G. Stead Sharks & Rays Austral. Seas xvi. 146 The fishermen do not like this Numbfish at all, as it can give a really strong shock, like a hard blow, to the arm and shoulder when being handled.

1997 P. Melville Ventriloquist's Tale (1998) i. 21 ‘Was it a numb-fish got her?’ ‘No. She did get caught in tree roots.’

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	numbfish
释义	numbfishn. Brit. /ˈnʌmfɪʃ/, U.S. /ˈnəmˌfɪʃ/ Forms: 1700s nummfish, 1700s– numbfish. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: numb adj., fish n.¹ Etymology: < numb adj. + fish n.¹ A fish which can cause numbness by giving an electric shock or a poisonous sting; spec. an electric or torpedo ray (genus Torpedo or family Torpedinidae).According to Dict. Caribbean Eng. Usage (1996), the name numbfish is used locally for venomous scorpionfishes (family Scorpaenidae), and (in Guyana) for the electric eel, Electrophorus electricus; this latter is probably meant in quot. 1997. All the earlier quotations refer to the electric ray. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > fish > subclass Elasmobranchii > order Hypotremata > [noun] > member of family Torpedinidae (electric ray) torpedo?1527 cramp-fish1591 numbfish1711 numbing fish1748 cramp-ray1769 electric ray1774 torpedo-ray1804 torpedo-fish1825 1711 Brit. Apollo 3–5 Jan. A Fish called by Name a Nummfish. 1738 F. Moore Trav. Inland Afr. 176 By this time I understood it was a Torpedo or Numbfish. 1774 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 64 467 The Torpedo, or Numb-fish, is by no means plenty in these parts. 1854 C. D. Badham Prose Halieutics 78 The numb-fish (narke) applied alive over the temples in headache is mentioned by Galen as a specific for that complaint. 1875 Zoologist 10 4500 I have just received a specimen of the torpedo or electrical ray (also known as the numbfish). 1963 D. G. Stead Sharks & Rays Austral. Seas xvi. 146 The fishermen do not like this Numbfish at all, as it can give a really strong shock, like a hard blow, to the arm and shoulder when being handled. 1997 P. Melville Ventriloquist's Tale (1998) i. 21 ‘Was it a numb-fish got her?’ ‘No. She did get caught in tree roots.’ This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1711
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