numbfish

numbfish
/num"fish'/, n., pl. (esp. collectively) numbfish, (esp. referring to two or more kinds or species) numbfishes.
an electric ray, so called from its power of numbing its prey by means of electric shocks.
[1705-15; NUMB + FISH]

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