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Meanings of crampfish in English

Portuguese
torpedo
Catalan
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"
1
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
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
Usage of crampfish in English
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
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Translations for crampfish
Portuguese
torpedo