e•lec•tro•re•cep•tor(i lek′trō ri sep′tər),USA pronunciationn.[Zool.]
Anatomy, Zoologyany of an array of tiny, electrically sensitive ampullar organs present in sharks, electric eels, catfish, and certain other fishes, each organ being composed of a bundle of nerve fibers and sensory cells within a gel-filled conducting duct that can pick up weak electrical currents emitted by creatures moving in the water.