elephantfish

noun — 2 senses

elephantfish

noun

Etymology From elephant + fish.

1

A fish of the family Mormyridae, noted for its ability to generate electric fields.

2

A plownose chimaera, any fish in the not closely related genus Callorhinchus of cartilaginous fish, which uses its fleshy snout to feel for food in sediments and to sense electric fields.

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