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Significats de electric ray en anglès

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гнюсообразные
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torpediniformes
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raya eléctrica
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torpediniforme
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Order of fishes.

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torpediniforme
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torpedo
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torpede

Any sluggish bottom-dwelling ray of the order Torpediniformes having a rounded body and electric organs on each side of the head capable of emitting strong electric discharges.

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Examples for "torpedo"
Examples for "torpedo"
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The torpedo attack was most likely a direct order by Kim Jong-il.
Reuters
2
Some of the crew had been watching the approach of the torpedo.
Winning a Cause: World War Stories
3
Alongside floating stages in the basins lay submarines and torpedo boat destroyers.
Dave Darrin at Vera Cruz: Fighting with the U.S. Navy in Mexico
4
At the same time the U-Boat launched a torpedo at the Brigadier.
The Boy Allies with the Victorious Fleets; Or, The Fall of the G...
5
A second torpedo impacted from starboard, fired by the smaller Integrity vessel.
Bedlam
1
Fulton said that he gave it its name because it reminded him of that rather nasty fish, the electric ray, sometimes called crampfish.
The Irish Times
Ús de electric ray en anglès
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Poor Conseil had assaulted an electric ray of the most dangerous species, the cumana.
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas: An Underwater Tour of th...
2
They were worse than the electric ray, a great deal.
The Boy Aviators' Polar Dash; or, Facing Death in the Antarctic
3
Then let the straight lines which radiate out from the sun represent the path of an electric ray.
Aether and Gravitation
4
Rabbit antiserum was raised against purified cholinergic synaptic vesicles from the electric organ of Narcine brasiliensis, a marine electric ray.
Pubmed
5
The torpedo, or " electric ray," is found in the Atlantic as well as the Mediterranean, and is allied to the skate.
The Story of Electricity
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Fulton said that he gave it its name because it reminded him of that rather nasty fish, the electric ray, sometimes called crampfish.
The Irish Times
7
We were still rising diagonally to the surface, which sparkled under the electric rays.
Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea
8
By pressing a spring the electric rays project like the illumination of an engine's headlight.
The Triumphs of Eugène Valmont
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The sea was lit by our beacon's electric rays.
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas: An Underwater Tour of th...
10
Through the panels in the lounge, I spotted rocky bottoms brightly lit by our electric rays.
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas: An Underwater Tour of th...
11
We kept rising on a diagonal, going along this shiny surface that sparkled beneath our electric rays.
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas: An Underwater Tour of th...
12
Draperies of filmy crêpe flowing gently in the breeze were lighted by sulphurous-hued electric rays from the balconies.
The Root of Evil
13
The lecturer discovered that the crystal Nemalite possessed the power of polarising the electric rays in the most perfect manner.
Sir Jagadis Chunder Bose, His Life and Speeches
14
As for the Ruhmkorff lamps, they were unnecessary in the midst of these brilliant waters saturated with our electric rays.
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas: An Underwater Tour of th...
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"Maybe," I added, "it's no more approachable than an electric eel or an electric ray!"
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas: An Underwater Tour of th...
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We thought that we lived in solid bodies, but electric rays have been discovered by which the skeletons inside of us become visible.
The Life and Genius of Nathaniel Hawthorne