electric ray
noun
: any of various round-bodied short-tailed rays (family Torpedinidae) of warm seas with a pair of electric organs
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The name E-Ray, from the electric ray sea creature, is a play on the Stingray name of the base model.
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Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN, 17 Jan. 2023
The Romans also used non-static electricity from torpedo fish, a name for various species of electric ray, to deliver shocks to patients with maladies including headaches and hemorrhoids.
—The New Yorker, 29 Nov. 2021
Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN, 17 Jan. 2023
The Romans also used non-static electricity from torpedo fish, a name for various species of electric ray, to deliver shocks to patients with maladies including headaches and hemorrhoids.
—The New Yorker, 29 Nov. 2021
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First Known Use
1774, in the meaning defined above
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electric ray
noun
: any of various round-bodied short-tailed rays of warm seas able to give a severe electric shock
Medical Definition
electric ray
noun
: 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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