noun
- A tropical marine fish of the family Torpedinidae, capable of producing electric shocks; an electric ray.
Usage: Also called torpedo or electric ray.; Archaic or regional term.
Examples
- The crampfish uses its electrical discharge to stun prey and predators.
- Early naturalists were fascinated by the crampfish's ability to generate electric current.
- In older texts, the crampfish was sometimes called the torpedo fish.