electrophorus electric

1. 1.

   eel-shaped freshwater fish of South America having electric organs in its body

   Synonymselectric eel

   Broadercypriniform fish

   Part ofElectrophorus

Questions about electrophorus electric

What does electrophorus electric mean?

electrophorus electric means "eel-shaped freshwater fish of South America having electric organs in its body".

What is another word for electrophorus electric?

Close synonyms include electric eel. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is electrophorus electric a common word?

electrophorus electric is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.