单词 | numb eel |
释义 | > as lemmasnumb eel numb eel n. now historical the electric eel, Electrophorus electricus (cf. numbing eel n. at numbing adj. Compounds, numbfish n.). ΚΠ 1686 Hist. & Novels of late Ingenious Mrs. Behn 70 We had in that Country a very strange Fish, call'd a Numb Eel. 1925 E. D. Johnson Jrnl. Negro Hist. 10 336 Mrs. Behn speaks frequently of certain animals that infested Surinam, such as the torpedo or numb eel, tigers, armadillos, [etc.]. < as lemmas |
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