electric ray

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: any of various round-bodied short-tailed rays (family Torpedinidae) of warm seas with a pair of electric organs

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electric ray

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Medical Definition of electric ray

: any of various round-bodied short-tailed rays (family Torpedinidae) of warm seas that have a pair of specialized tracts of tissue in which electricity is generated

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