electroreceptor

electroreceptor
/i lek'troh ri sep"teuhr/, n. Zool.
any of an array of tiny, electrically sensitive ampullar organs present in sharks, electric eels, catfish, and certain other fishes, each organ being composed of a bundle of nerve fibers and sensory cells within a gel-filled conducting duct that can pick up weak electrical currents emitted by creatures moving in the water.
[ELECTRO- + RECEPTOR]

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