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electric eel

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electric eel
n.
A long, eellike freshwater fish (Electrophorus electricus) of northern South America, having organs capable of producing a powerful electric discharge.
electric eel
Noun
an eel-like South American freshwater fish, which can stun or kill its prey with a powerful electric shock
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Noun1.electric eelelectric eel - eel-shaped freshwater fish of South America having electric organs in its body
Electrophorus electric
cypriniform fish - a soft-finned fish of the order Cypriniformes
genus Electrophorus, Electrophorus - type genus of the family Electrophoridae; electric eels
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